Affordable Housing

Many federal and state programs are designed to support large scale projects, and communities like Bigfork struggle to show they’re primed for them.

At least 24 Minnesotans lost their lives because of domestic violence in the state last year.

Temporary housing is also getting priority. In northeastern Minnesota, the Arrowhead Economic Opportunity Agency has refurbished a memory care facility to serve as a homeless shelter.

Payday loans often have interest rates in the triple digits. Rob Aitken, executive director for Leech Lake Financial Services, is offering clients a way to use their paid-time-off as collateral for consumer loans.

Plus, a higher proportion of rural residents live in substandard housing compared to urban and a new Minnesota law seeks to spur more use of cleaner building materials.

Also covered are free student meals for Minnesota students and the expected Labor Day heat wave across Northern Minnesota.

The East Brainerd Mall will house the affiliate offices and the store, the organization reported in a news release.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development recently awarded NE CoC and KOOTASCA a $352,280 grant for case management services in International Falls and an increase in apartments in Itasca County.

When you’re low income, housing is a huge problem. When you’re low income and in alcohol and drug recovery, housing can be an even greater problem. There is an initiative in the Bemidji area that aims to get landlords and tenants in the vulnerable position of chemical recovery, on the same page. Here to tell us more about it are Lance Egely of Northern Access, Andrew Erholtz, participating landlord from Vision Properties and County Commisioner Reed Olson.

Today we featured local mom, wife, daughter and business owner (Itasca Dog Lodge) Tiffiney Bartz. She has begun something she calls the #joymovementmn.…