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Posted on: October 6, 2025
Community organizers gather to demand that the City Council pass a strong, equitable Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act On October 5th, Minneapolis residents, organized by the Housing Justice League, gathered to urge the City Council to pass a policy that would expand homeownership and economic opportunity for renters. The policy, known as TOPA, or Tenant…
Posted on: October 2, 2025
Community organizers gather to demand that the City Council pass a strong, equitable Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE On October 5th, Minneapolis residents will gather to urge the City Council to pass a policy that would expand homeownership and economic opportunity for renters. The policy, known as TOPA, or Tenant Opportunity...
Posted on: October 1, 2025
The Alliance is excited to announce the launch of Stable Ground: Building Organizational Power for Housing Justice!
Posted on: September 24, 2025
Pictured: Tenants union organizers Michael Plowman and Emery Brush speak with neighbor Tameeka during door-knocking September 12, 2025. Credit: Aaron Nesheim, Sahan Journal Last year, renters and organizers across Minnesota, including our Equity In Place Coalition, succeeded in passing a law to protect the right to organize with their neighbors for better living conditions. Recently,...
Posted on: September 24, 2025
Alliance organizers Charlie Barba and Ricardo Perez recently spoke at a national webinar presented by the Small Business Anti-Displacement Network.
Posted on: September 23, 2025
The Alliance signed on to a comment letter led by the Sierra Club to the Environmental Protection Agency in response to the agency’s proposal to gut federal greenhouse gas emissions standards for cars and trucks. "We urge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw its proposal and preserve the current common-sense vehicle emissions standards. The...
Posted on: September 9, 2025
Last week, over lunch at El Mercado Central on Lake Street in Minneapolis, Jovita Morales shared insights about her work and the housing challenges community members face every day. Morales is the Policy and Advocacy Community Organizer at Pillsbury United Communities, and serves on the steering committee of the Housing Justice League, a coalition of...
Posted on: August 26, 2025
Neighbors for More Neighbors, Inquilinxs Unidxs Por Justicia, WedgeLive!, Housing Justice League, Housing in Action, and BikeMN Unveil Comprehensive Housing Questionnaire for 2025 Minneapolis City Council and Mayoral Elections. New Resource Empowers Voters to Understand Candidate Stances on Housing Issues in Minneapolis MINNEAPOLIS, MN – July 28th, 2025 – As the 2025 City Council and mayoral elections draw closer, Neighbors for...
Posted on: August 8, 2025
Over a year after the MN State legislature allocated $10M for investments along the route of the Blue Line Extension light rail line, community leaders are calling on Hennepin County and Met Council to follow through on commitments to prevent displacement of local residents and businesses, especially the Black, Indigenous, and communities of color in…
Posted on: July 31, 2025
This week’s newsletter focuses on community safety, and includes resources on mutual aid, transformational justice, abolition, defending our rights, and combating hate. Below, we spotlight 10 local organizations, movements, and collectives reimagining safety here in the Twin Cities. While this work is deeply rooted in diverse histories of resistance, many of the resources shared here…
