Affordable Housing Research

The Whittier Alliance participated in a regional survey by the Fair Housing Implementation Council (FHIC) as an Addendum to its 2014 Analysis of Impediments (AI).  FHIC has hired Mosiac Community Planning to identify underserved stakeholders and create a survey process to identify impediments.  For more information about this process, see Mosaic's Community Engagement toolkit. Below you will find links to summaries and data collected from our December 2015 Community Issues meetings, three Affordable Housing focus groups, an Affordable housing electronic survey, Housing maps from our Asset Mapping project and more as we get it.

Feedback from a Discussion on Affordable Housing & Gentrification (December Community Issues Meeting) 

Minutes from the December Community Issues Meeting

Focus group and Survey Summary:

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Resources and Links on the issues of affordability and gentrification in Minneapolis can be found below:

https://streets.mn/2015/10/08/affordable-housing-is-an-industry-too/
http://www.mhponline.org/blog/connect/692-updating-the-region-s-fair-housing-plan
http://m.startribune.com/gentrification-accelerates-in-minneapolis-and-st-paul/401987055/
http://m.startribune.com/counterpoint-gentrification-isn-t-the-rental-problem-poverty-is/403874986/
http://m.startribune.com/counterpoint-criticism-of-study-on-gentrification-missed-key-points/405329726/
http://m.startribune.com/gentrification-does-indeed-play-a-role-in-limiting-rental-options/405702216/
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2016/12/02/gentrification-pushes-out-low-income-residents
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For demographic data on Whittier and beyond, visit MN Compass
For our 2007 study on rental rates, visit our Development Page