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Minneapolis Public Housing Authority

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The Minneapolis Public Housing Authority is a public housing authority (PHA) serving the city of Minneapolis.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] It is the largest provider of affordable housing in Minnesota.[9] It was established with its current name in 1986.[10][11] It is one of 39 Moving to Work (MTW) housing authorities funded by the department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

It owns public housing, and has a housing choice voucher program.

Its executive director is Abdi Warsame.[12]

In 2022, the MPHA managed housing including 15 single-family homes, 217 townhouse units, and 4,821 high-rise apartment units, housing about 5,000 households in total.[13] For more information, see this list of developments.

In 2022, the MPHA spent $45 million on MTW housing choice voucher rent subsidies and averaged 4,212 housing choice vouchers under lease per month, and spent $17.8 million on non-MTW vouchers and averaged 1,598 under lease each month.[13]

In 2022, the MPHA had total revenue of $151.6 million from tenant rental income, HUD, the city of Minneapolis, and other government grants. It had total assets (including housing) of $292 million[13]

In 1995, the NAACP successfully sued several agencies including the MPHA, showing that these agencies had worked to ``concentrate" people of color in the city's poorest areas.[14]

In 2019, a fire in an MPHA housing complex left 5 people dead.[15]

References

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  1. ^ "MPR: Public housing study shows mixed results for residents". news.minnesota.publicradio.org. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  2. ^ Janzer, Cinnamon. "The Future of Public Housing on the Line in Minneapolis". nextcity.org. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  3. ^ "Minneapolis Public Housing gets funding boost from city". kare11.com. 2023-08-11. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  4. ^ Soumare, Nafi (2023-09-26). "Minneapolis Public Housing Authority unveils new affordable housing as city fights for 2040 plan". Minnesota Reformer. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  5. ^ "Here's who's signed up to help Minneapolis build public housing". MinnPost. 2023-03-08. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  6. ^ Mahamud, Faiza. "Mayor Frey announces funding boost for Minneapolis public housing". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2024-01-31.
  7. ^ Housing for Elderly and Handicapped Persons: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development of the Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session, March 20, 1990. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1990.
  8. ^ Public Housing: Partnerships Can Result in Cost Savings and Other Benefits : Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, Committee on Banking and Financial Services, House of Representatives. The Office. 1996.
  9. ^ Home Front. Drug Information & Strategy Clearinghouse. 1999.
  10. ^ 1997 Census of Governments: Government organization. No. 1 Government organization. U.S. Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, U.S. Census Bureau. 1999. ISBN 978-0-89059-350-9.
  11. ^ Fair Housing--fair Share. University of Minnesota Law School. 1996.
  12. ^ "About".
  13. ^ a b c "2022 Independent Audit" (PDF).
  14. ^ Queer Twin Cities. U of Minnesota Press. 2010. ISBN 978-1-4529-0195-4.
  15. ^ Homeless Voices: Stigma, Space, and Social Media. Rowman & Littlefield. 27 January 2022. ISBN 978-1-7936-3571-6.
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