Minnesota Housing Report [1985 3rd quarter]

The Minnesota Housing Report is compiled on the basis of monthly housing reports furnished to the Minnesota Real Estate Research Center at St. Cloud State University. Funding to permit preparation of the Minnesota Housing Report is provided by the Educational Foundation of the Minnesota Association of Realtors and St. Cloud State University. The reports are supplied by fourteen cooperating local real estate boards representing 71.1 percent of Minnesota\u27s population. The boards represent various areas of the state and thus provide a picture of housing diversity between regions as well as housing trends within regions. Information presented for the state or a particular region is based on actual listings of homes for sale, financing, size and sales of single family residential property. The figures presented are not adjusted for seasonal variation in real estate housing activity. Due to additional participating boards, third quarter report data is not directly comparable to information presented in the second quarter report. All prior data has been adjusted to reflect additional information provided. Reference to prior quarters contained in the third quarter report is directly comparable to third quarter data

Minnesota Housing Report [1985 4th quarter]

The Minnesota Housing Report is compiled on the basis of monthly housing reports furnished to the Minnesota Real Estate Research Center at St. Cloud State University. Funding to permit preparation of the Minnesota Housing Report is provided by the Educational Foundation of the Minnesota Association of Realtors and St. Cloud State University. The reports are supplied by fourteen cooperating local real estate boards representing 71.1 percent of Minnesota\u27s population. The boards represent various areas of the state and thus provide a picture of housing diversity between regions as well as housing trends within regions. Information presented for the state or a particular region is based on actual listings of homes for sale, financing, size and sales of single family residential property. The figures presented are not adjusted for seasonal variation in real estate housing activity. Due to additional participating boards, third quarter report data is not directly comparable to information presented in the second quarter report. All prior data has been adjusted to reflect additional information provided. Reference to prior quarters contained in the third quarter report is directly comparable to third quarter data

Minnesota Housing Report [1985 2nd quarter]

The Minnesota Housing Report is compiled on the basis of monthly housing reports furnished to the Minnesota Real Estate Research Center at St. Cloud State University. Funding to permit preparation of the Minnesota Housing Report is provided by the Educational Foundation of the Minnesota Association of REALTORS and St. Cloud State University. The reports are supplied by fourteen cooperating local real estate boards representing 71.5 percent of Minnesota\u27s population. The boards represent various areas of the state and thus provide a picture of housing diversity between regions as well as housing trends within regions. Information presented for the state or a particular region is based on actual listings of homes for sale, financing, size, and sales of single family residential property. The figures presented are not adjusted for seasonal variation in real estate housing activity

The Tension in Affordable Housing: Are Current 'Best Practices' Enough?

Minnesota has a reputation for excellence in public systems -- an excellence that some believe is overshadowed as other states also advance more innovations. Not so in affordable housing. Minnesota has developed an affordable housing sector considered by many to be second to none, starting with sound stewardship by the state housing agency and extending to intermediaries who push and prod to engage and address challenges as they arise, local and regional government leaders committed to creating affordable housing, and a host of community-based organizations that both produce and advocate for affordable housing -- all underpinned by generous philanthropy that very early on recognized the importance of stable and affordable housing to the success of families. Moreover, the state's sector has a clear vision of affordable housing: it is not just a structure in which to live, but a platform to increase family stability and link families to opportunities through access to transportation, education, employment and healthy lifestyles. In Minnesota, affordable housing also strives to be energy efficient and green.Yet at this moment when our state's affordable housing sector is as fully realized as ever, various economic, demographic, and political forces have converged to make "homes for all" even more elusive. If we had unlimited resources, our solution might be clear: simply ramp up production. But we live in a resource-constrained world, driven by questions about whether every dollar is used for the maximum benefit of people served. Our presenting question then is this: With Minnesota's strong affordable housing sector in an unprecedented position to advance its work, can our current "best practices" meet the needs of the future -- or is some fundamental restructuring in order

Minnesota Housing Partnership Report

Prepared in partnership with Minnesota Housing Partnership by the Community Assistantship Program (CAP) administered by the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota

Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership Survey Analysis

This survey was an attempt to answer two questions about the Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership (SWMHP): (1) How can the SWMHP meet the needs of their clients in customer service? (2) What knowledge do their customers have about the services of the SWMHP? The survey was sent to 38 individuals, with a response rate of 39.5%. This report summarizes and analyzes the survey results.Prepared in partnership with the Southwest Minnesota Housing Partnership by the Community Assistantship Program (CAP), administered by the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA) at the University of Minnesota

Women's Advocates Shelter: An Evaluation.

Prepared by the School of Architecture and Center for Urban and Regional Affairs, University of Minnesota, for the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency

Green Housing = Improved Health: A Winning Combination

The case studies in this paper explore the relationship between housing and health. It explains how building affordable green housing provides health benefits to low-income residentsand it identifies the benefits of green housing for the environment and energy efficiency

Best Practices in Healthy Homes and Rural Rehab

Recognizing the importance of rehab work for housing preservation, and the difficulty of running a sustainable rehab line of business, in 2015 the Rural Initiative prioritized an inquiry into the rural rehab line of business. A cross section of experts were gathered from the NeighborWorks network to form a year-long Rural Rehab Task Force to provide recommendations on how NeighborWorks can better support rehab in training, technical assistance, and resource allocation, and to share best practices by producing model business plans demonstrating different ways to structure sustainable rehab programs

Changing Minds, Building Communities: Advancing Affordable Housing through Communications Campaigns

"Americans are caught in an image of housing that's over 20 years old -- they are really surprised when they see what affordable housing is now." Nancy Belden of Belden Russonello & Stewart elegantly captured the challenge of the perception gap between public opinion and the reality of affordable housing. On May 5 and 6, 2004, the Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation, in partnership with The Campaign for Affordable Housing, analyzed the challenge of closing that gap in its fourth NeighborWorks Symposium on Multifamily Excellence.The symposium, held in Minneapolis, was entitled "Changing Minds, Building Communities: Advancing Affordable Housing through Communications Campaigns." The symposium brought together 300 local and national affordable housing leaders from across many organizational and institutional sectors to engage in a day of candid exchange on one issue key to strengthening communities and expanding housing opportunities. The issue? How we can better communicate publicly and through marketing campaigns to advance the development of homes all Americans can afford.While affordable housing stories are often filled with conflict, and projects are completed against the odds, participants were energized and enthused to find that successes are happening across the country. Fifteen successful cases were used as a backdrop against which key issues were discussed and debated. The context for these successes was demonstrated through opinion research that shows untapped opportunities for support -- a kind of new "silent majority" that recognizes and is concerned about the corrosive effect affordability problems have on families and communities.However, the affordable housing industry will only tap that support if it learns to employ professional communications tools to move its message from simply "housing" to "homes, family and community."From case studies, research, and the candid reactions and debate from participants, 10 key points emerged that suggest a communications strategy for the affordable housing community