Multifamily Housing Industry:

 

Rising property insurance costs stress multifamily housing

Minneapolis Fed survey finds that owners of multifamily rental housing are struggling to make ends meet as property insurance premiums increase and insurance coverage shrinks

 

Webinar: Minnesota’s Multifamily Housing Industry Faces Rising Property Insurance Costs

Discussion focused on how property insurance trends are affecting the multifamily market in Minnesota

 

Talking “toilets, taxes, and tenants”: Challenges mount for apartment owners in Twin Cities area

Insights from industry leaders about mounting risks in the multifamily sector and implications for housing supply.

 

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Land Use & Regulatory Reform:

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City planners and private developers find common ground on improving land use policies and processes

Event recap featuring suburban city staff and developers discussing reforms to streamline multifamily development

 

States made big and little changes to land use laws in 2024

Overview of recent legislative reforms across the country—including relevance to Minnesota’s policy debates

 

Event video: Reforming Land Use Regulation to Encourage Housing Supply

Discussion on statewide efforts to update zoning laws and encourage housing growth

 

Striking the right balance to attract affordable housing

Case study on Bloomington’s Opportunity Housing Ordinance and its approach to mandating affordability (part of the “What works in housing affordability” series)

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Twin Cities Metro Housing Trends:

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Roofs, repairs, and rodents: How housing quality has climbed in the Twin Cities

Alongside paying higher housing costs, Twin Cities area households have bigger, better places to call home than they did in in 1997

 

After recent successes, Twin Cities region’s housing-supply progress slips

With fresh data from 2023, the Regional Housing Affordability Dashboard monitors trends in the Twin Cities regional housing market

 

Where are the Twin Cities area’s movers moving to?

New Minneapolis Fed dashboard and its underlying data enable close examination of household migration in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area

 

Webinar: Introducing the Twin Cities Metro Migration Dashboard

Presentation of findings from the new Twin Cities Metro Migration Dashboard

 

Rise in investor-owned single-family rentals prompts policy responses

Explores policy implications of increasing investor activity in the single-family rental market.

 

New property-data tool reveals patterns of investor ownership

Interactive tool to explore investor ownership trends in single-family homes.

 

How new apartments create opportunities for all

Market-rate rental construction in Minneapolis has freed up more affordable homes for households across the income spectrum