Updated
Housing Counts: Measuring Affordable Housing Production and Preservation
in the Twin Cities (.pdf)
August 2007 - In spring 2003, the Family Housing Fund and HousingLink
jointly published "Housing Counts" so that stakeholders
would be able to track annual affordable housing progress using common
data.
The first report provided a yearly accounting for 2002 and 2003 of
affordable housing projects in Minneapolis and St. Paul whose funding
closed during
the stated year. Beginning with the 2004 Housing Counts report, production
and preservation information has been added for the suburban metropolitan
area as well.
*Please note that the homeownership unit counts were revised in December
2006.
Full
Report (.pdf)
2002
Housing Counts (.pdf)
2003
Housing Counts (.pdf)
2004
Housing Counts (.pdf)
2005
Housing Counts (.pdf)
2006 Housing Counts (.pdf)
The Cost-Effectiveness of Community-Based Foreclosure Prevention (.pdf) February 2006
With funding from the Ford Foundation, the Family Housing Fund commissioned a study on the cost-effectiveness of mortgage foreclosure prevention. The study was intended to build on two earlier Fund studies on the cost-effectiveness of the Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Program (MFP Program) that operates in Minneapolis and Saint Paul. The Fund contracted with Roberto G. Quercia and Spencer M. Cowan of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Ana B. Moreno, local consultant to the Fund to conduct the study. The study suggests that community-based foreclosure prevention services are cost effective. In addition, it finds that pre-purchase counseling is often associated with lower risk of foreclosure. As such, the study also reinforces the effectiveness of pre-purchase counseling as a key tool for achieving successful home ownership.
Click here for the summary
of recommendations and findings (.pdf) or the full
report (.pdf).
Changing
the Face of Housing in Minnesota Leadership Survey Report
Measuring the Success of Housing, Planning, and Community Development
Organizations in Recruiting and Maintaining Racially and Ethnically
Diverse Staffs and Boards.
Full
Report (.pdf)
Don’t
Borrow Trouble Minnesota Campaign: 2003-2005 Report (.pdf)
September 2005-Don’t Borrow Trouble Minnesota (DBT) is a public
education and community outreach campaign that seeks to prevent predatory
lending in the Twin Cities metropolitan area. Launched in March 2003,
the campaign combines education and counseling to help individuals and
families become and remain successful long-term homeowners. Don’t
Borrow Trouble aims to empower consumers through multimedia advertising
efforts, targeted community outreach, a consumer information line and
website, and a strong referral network of housing counselors and others.
The Next Decade of Housing in Minnesota
November 2003- A new study by BBC Research & Consulting forecasting
the need for new affordable housing in Minnesota on a statewide, regional,
and county-by-county basis through 2010. The study was funded by the
Family Housing Fund, the Greater Minnesota Housing Fund, and the Minnesota
Housing Finance Agency to help quantify the need for affordable housing
in Minnesota and to inform decisions about housing investment throughout
the state over the next decade.
Hollman:
Ten Years Later-Celebrate Home, Family, Community, Partnerships (.pdf)
November 2002- On July 29, 1992, the Hollman lawsuit was filed. Ten years later, commitments are received on virtually all 770 of the replacement public housing units, and more than half of the units are completed. This total includes 300+ units in Twin Cities' suburban communities-a big accomplishment. This report profiles several families affected by the lawsuit and provides an overview of the history, successes, challenges, and promise of Hollman ten years after the lawsuit was filed.
Workforce Housing: The Key to Ongoing Regional Prosperity
A Study of Housing's Economic Impact on the Twin Cities
October 2001--Together with real estate research firms Maxfield Research Inc. and GVA Marquette Advisors, the Fund has released a study on the economic impacts of workforce housing in the Twin Cities. The study found that there is a strong unmet need for workforce housing in the Twin Cities and that this shortage has a negative effect on the local economy. The report also shows that working to solve the workforce housing shortage will stimulate significant economic benefits that far outweigh the costs and last for decades. Click here for the executive summary or the full report.
A Study of the Relationship Between Affordable Family Rental Housing and Home Values in the Twin Cities
November 2000--The Fund has published a new report, conducted by Maxfield Research, Inc., which shows that the construction of affordable family rental housing in suburban communities has little or no effect on the property values of surrounding single-family homes. Click here for the fact sheet, summary of findings or the full report.
Supportive Housing for Families with Children
March 2000-The Fund has published a series of reports on supportive housing for families with children, including:
»Supportive Housing for Families with Children Study
»The Supportive Housing Continuum: A Model for Housing Homeless Families, Homelessness and its Effects on Children
»Financial Implications of Public Interventions on Behalf of a Chronically Homeless Family
These reports drive home the devastating effects of homelessness on families and offer supportive housing as a humane, cost-effective solution to help break the cycle of homelessness.
A Report from
the Kids Mobility Project (.pdf)
March 1998-A report that examines the effects of frequent residential moves on student performance in Minneapolis elementary schools. The Kids Mobility Project included representatives from the Family Housing Fund, Hennepin County, Minneapolis Public Schools, and the University of Minnesota.
Preserving
Housing & Neighborhoods: The Interagency Stabilization Group Five-Year
Progress Report 1993-1998 (.doc)
1999-A report summarizing the progress of the Interagency Stabilization Group (ISG), a task force of public and private agencies that provides financial assistance to preserve threatened affordable rental housing developments in Minneapolis and Saint Paul.
Promises
Kept: A Progress Report on the 1991-1995 Minneapolis/Hennepin County
Homelessness Plan (.doc)
April 1997-A report describing the development of more than 1,000 housing units for homeless adults, youth, and families in Minneapolis and Suburban Hennepin County.
Cost Effectiveness
of Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention (1995) (.pdf), and Mortgage
Foreclosure Prevention: Program and Trends (1998) (.pdf).
December 1998 and November 1995-The Family Housing Fund has produced two reports on the effectiveness of mortgage foreclosure prevention. The reports were authored by Ana Moreno, a consultant to the Fund.