This summer, MPHA and various union representatives began negotiations on the contracts for numerous agency bargaining units. Following bargaining sessions that lasted through the fall, the final 2023 contract was unanimously approved by the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) members in a vote late last month delivering represented employees pay increases [...]
With the Minneapolis City Council passing the 2024 city budget, including restoring the city’s housing tax levy, Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) Executive Director/CEO, Abdi Warsame, released the following statement: “I commend Mayor Frey for his leadership recommending restoring the city’s housing tax levy and the City Council for approving that recommendation,” said Minneapolis Public [...]
Last month, MPHA’s Board of Commissioners approved increases to the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program’s 2024 payment standards, marking the largest increase in the last several years. These increases are based on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Fair Market Rent (FMR) and local market conditions. Adjustments take effect as early as [...]
Earlier this month, MPHA resident leader Shirley Brown and MPHA Assistant Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Rachel Almburg, were selected alongside two other Highrise Health Alliance (HHA) members to join the Public Health Regenerative Leadership Synergy (PHEARLESS) initiative. The nine-month leadership development program integrates regenerative leadership education and experiential learning with innovative collaboration tools [...]
The past week has marked a busy time for MPHA leaders, taking advantage of numerous opportunities to showcase the agency’s recent accomplishments both locally and nationally. From a gathering of the nation’s largest housing authority leaders in Washington, DC to assembling a variety of state and local leaders at MPHA sites, there has been no [...]
Laurie Aylward has seen the agency—and the world—through decades of societal change, technological advances, and organizational shifts. But despite all the changes, the mission of the agency remains the same: to provide safe, stable, and affordable housing to Minneapolis residents. Laurie earned here human services degree during a societal shift in the elder care. The [...]
Today, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Great Lakes Regional Administrator, Diane Shelley, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey, and Hennepin County Board Chair Irene Fernando joined MPHA staff, residents, and partners to celebrate the grand opening of the first of 84 new deeply affordable family homes across Minneapolis. “Today is a historic day [...]
Yesterday, the Minneapolis Board of Estimate (BET) voted to approve a $5 million MPHA housing tax levy for Fiscal Year 2024, in line with the long-term funding agreement announced last month. Last week, MPHA staff presented to the BET a five-year capital plan detailing the agency’s intended uses for a $5 million annual housing levy [...]
Earlier this summer, MPHA staff joined City of Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS), and the YMCA of the North in announcing the Stable Homes Stable Schools (SHSS) program expansion. The SHSS program addresses homelessness among Minneapolis Public Schools students’ families through different levels of support: emergency short-term assistance, multi-year rental assistance, and case [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9avXSVbgLw (MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA) Last week, the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) achieved a major construction milestone in its nation-leading Family Housing Expansion Project (FHEP), setting the final of the 126 Minnesota-made modules that comprise the 16-building project. Modular construction allows for work at multiple sites at the same time, so while the last site [...]
