Author: Margo Fritz
Minnesota Department of Human Rights Commissioner Kevin Lindsey announced increased Workforce Participation Goals for women and people of color throughout Minnesota for state construction contractors. These increased goals aim to reduce barriers to workforce entry, to respond to demographic changes, and to prepare for Minnesota’s emerging workforce shortage. The Alliance agrees with MDHR that our…
Star Tribune: Eden Prairie confronts affordable housing shortage as Somali families are squeezed out
Alongside member groups New American Development Center, Jewish Community Action, HOME Line, and more, the Alliance is working to support the protection, preservation, and production of affordable housing in Eden Prairie, where many Somali families are being denied access to adequate housing. “This is a crisis that the region and Hennepin County is experiencing … and a…
The Alliance is working with several member groups, including the Housing Justice Center, the Sierra Club, and All Parks Alliance for Change, to urge the Metropolitan Council to stand up for affordable homes in the Twin Cities. Although the Met Council has expressed an expectation that more affordable housing will be generated in the metro area, they are…