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HOME Line has busiest July ever for new calls/emails

August 8, 2024 by Mike Vraa Leave a Comment

This was our busiest July ever for new calls/emails—we helped 1,794 tenant households throughout Minnesota, eclipsing last July’s 1,775 total.  This was our 5th busiest month of all-time for new calls. Here are the top 10 reasons for calls last month, compared to July, 2023. Contact Reason Number of Contacts Change from July ‘23 1.  […]

Filed Under: Newsletter, Tenant Hotline

Recording of 8/21/2024 – HOME Line Tenant/Landlord Webinar: What to do with a Less than Perfect Background

July 24, 2024 by Rachael Sterling Leave a Comment

On August 21st, 2024, HOME Line Housing Attorney and Communications Coordinator Rachael Sterling hosted a webinar to cover tools tenants can use when looking for rental housing with a less then perfect background. HOME Line Housing Attorney Andrea Palumbo was joined by HousingLink President Sue Speakman-Gomez to discuss ways that tenants can work with criminal records, […]

Filed Under: Webinars

HOME Line VISTA Program Positions Open: 2024-25 Program Year

July 9, 2024 by HOME Line Organizing Staff Leave a Comment

The HOME Line VISTA Program is recruiting members for our 2024-2025 program year, which starts August 26, 2024. Members complete a year of national service through AmeriCorps VISTA, receive extensive tenant organizing training from HOME Line & community partners, and are placed at local nonprofits and municipalities that are looking to expand their tenant organizing […]

Filed Under: Americorps VISTA

Hotline Mid-Year Update

July 9, 2024 by Mike Vraa Leave a Comment

We’ve gone a full half-year on the tenant hotline and have some interesting statistics to share. 2023 was our busiest year in HOME Line history for contact volume so it is unsurprising that tenant hotline client interactions (primarily calls and emails) are down from last year’s halfway-point totals. In 2024 thus far we’ve advised 5% […]

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HOME Line VISTA Cohort June Highlights

July 9, 2024 by HOME Line Organizing Staff Leave a Comment

Our current VISTA Cohort is nearing the end of their service term, which finishes at the end of August this year. June was a month of projects coming to fruition that have been in planning stages up to this point, with plans coming up to continue those project implementations, evaluate, and lay some groundwork to […]

Filed Under: Americorps VISTA, Newsletter

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8011 34th Ave S, Suite #126
Bloomington, MN 55425

HOME Line is a tax-exempt non-profit organization under Internal Revenue Code § 501(c)(3).

Our EIN is 41-1941115.

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