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CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS

Anti-Displacement Policy Network

Report to City of Minneapolis Housing Policy and Development Committee

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October 2, 2019

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Strategic & Racial Equity Action Plan: Housing

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Strategic Need:

Reduce involuntary displacement in rental housing for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities

The City of Minneapolis relies on rental property owners to provide safe, stable housing for more than half of its residents. Through our rental licensing authority, the City has a unique relationship with rental property owners that can be more effectively leveraged in upstream activities to ensure racially and ethnically diverse residents who rent their homes are equitably supported in meeting their needs for safe, affordable and accessible housing.

HOUSING

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PROBLEM OVERVIEW

• BIPOCI communities experience

higher eviction rates.

• Evidence suggests BIPOCI

communities also experience involuntary rental displacement

• utside of eviction process.
• Poorly maintained units affect housing

stability for BIPOCI residents which can lead to increased displacement. METRICS OF URGENCY

• Count/percent of Tier 2 and 3 units located

in 55411, 55412 and 55404 that improve their Tier assignment

• Number of service requests made to

Regulatory Services by residents in 55411, 55412 and 55404

• Number of Tier 2 and 3 property owners

that attend the rental property owners management course

HOUSING

KEY LAGGING INDICATOR

• Count and percent of eviction filings

and judgements.

• Count and percent of Notices to

Vacate or other communication directing residents to move.

• Frequency of move/relocation and

whether the move is voluntary or involuntary. VITAL FEW PROJECTS Develop the institutional capacity to better leverage the relationship the City has with rental property owners to minimize involuntary displacement. GOAL Residents renting in zip codes 55411, 55412, and 55404 reside in safe, habitable, affordable, secure/stable, and respectful homes until they choose to leave.

Anti-Displacement Policy Network

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Network Goal: For low-income people, Indigenous people, marginalized LGBTQ people, and people of color to experience increased housing security and less housing, business, and cultural displacement in their communities.

Participating Cities

• Austin, TX
• Boston, MA
• Buffalo, NY
• Denver, CO
• Nashville, TN
• Philadelphia, PA
• Portland, OR
• San Jose, CA
• Sante Fe, NM
• Minneapolis/St. Paul

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Community Forums

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MSP Team Themes

• 1. Reframe the narrative
• 2. Community ownership
• 3. Equitable development
• 4. Tenant protections and preservation of affordable

housing

• 5. Community engagement
• 6. Regional approach

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Benefits and Challenges

Benefits

• Confirmation of existing strategies
• New policy ideas
• Open discussion among team members
• Strong relationships and partnerships

Challenges

• Cross-jurisdictional work
• Deciding how to prioritize
• Working through differing viewpoints and positions

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Minneapolis Strategies

• Minneapolis 2040, Unified Housing Policy, program policies

and guidelines

• Ordinances:
• Inclusionary Zoning
• Renter Protections
• Advance Notice of Sale
• Investments:
• Affordable Housing Trust Fund
• NOAH preservation and tenant purchase
• pportunities
• Eviction and habitability legal representation
• Minneapolis Homes: owner occupied rehab, new production,

downpayment assistance

• Homebuyer capacity

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Next Steps

• Pilot anti-displacement strategies at key

development sites

• Explore preference policy
• Community ownership strategies
• Long-term Affordability Models
• Cultural Corridors
• Quarterly MSP Team Meetings
• Continued information exchange with network

cities

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Questions?

Anti-Displacement Policy Network Katie Topinka Housing Policy Coordinator, CPED - Housing Katie.Topinka@ minneapolis.mn.gov Strategic & Racial Equity Action Plan Joy Marsh Stephens Director, Division of Race & Equity Joy.Stephens@ Minneapolis.mn.gov

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