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https://housinginaction.org/
https://hope-community.org/
https://mhponline.org/

Guest Plugs:
Our Future Starts at Home: https://ourhomesmn.org/
Yes to Homes MN: https://mhponline.org/policy/yes-to-homes-more-homes-stronger-communities/
VOTE!: https://www.sos.mn.gov/elections-voting/
2026 2026 Candidate Housing Questionnaire: https://mhponline.org/2026-candidate-housing-questionnaire/
Reimagining Affordable Rental Housing: https://hope-community.org/reimagining-affordable-rental-housing/

Learn more about the things mentioned in today’s episode:
Cost of Homelessness: https://www.npscoalition.org/post/fact-sheet-cost-of-homelessness, https://louhomeless.org/what-we-do/education/the-cost-of-housing-the-homeless/

Why Don’t Homeless People Just Get Jobs? Many Already Have One. Or Two: https://www.newamerica.org/insights/why-dont-homeless-people-just-get-jobs-many-already-have-one-or-two/

Affordable housing income and rent limits: https://www.minneapolismn.gov/business-services/planning-zoning/inclusionary-zoning/income-rent-limits/, https://metrocouncil.org/Housing/Planning/Affordable-Housing-Measures/2026-Ownership-and-Rent-Affordability-Limits.aspx

Out of Reach 2025: https://mhponline.org/publications/out-of-reach-2025/

Minnesota Starter Homes Require a Mid-Range Salary: https://www.realtor.com/advice/hyperlocal/salary-you-need-to-buy-home-minnesota/

Who Benefits From The Mortgage Interest Deduction And Who Misses Out?: https://taxpolicycenter.org/fiscal-facts/who-benefits-mortgage-interest-deduction-and-who-misses-out

A History of Racist Federal Housing Policies: https://massbudget.org/2021/08/06/a-history-of-racist-federal-housing-policies/

Fraud in MN: https://www.minnpost.com/community-voices/2026/08/hard-data-and-context-are-missing-in-minnesotas-overblown-fraud-furor/, https://mn.gov/dhs/program-integrity/factcheck/

Jim Crow of the North: https://www.pbs.org/show/jim-crow-north/

The Gap Report: https://nlihc.org/gap/about, https://mhponline.org/publications/the-gap-a-shortage-of-affordable-homes/

Area Median Income (AMI) Minnesota: https://mn.gov/commerce-stat/energy/area-median-income-in-minnesota/2025.pdf

Bring It Home Minnesota: https://www.bringithomeminnesota.org/, https://www.mnhousing.gov/home/local-government/bring-it-home

YIMBY vs NIMBY: https://www.womenspress.com/the-yimby-vs-nimby-movement/

Effects of Low-Income Housing on Property Values: https://www.nar.realtor/effects-of-low-income-housing-on-property-values

OMS Evictions: https://youtu.be/VlH-Dpx5Mog, https://youtu.be/n9bLdhvwJlE

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Learn more about the things mentioned in today’s episode:

Justin Ellis & The Cruelty of Nice Folks:
https://www.thecrueltyofnicefolks.com/
https://justinellis.net/
https://defector.com/

A Good Time for the Truth: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2020/06/17/a-good-time-for-the-truth-race-in-mn-chosen-as-next-one-book-one-minnesota-read

'The Good Life in Minnesota': https://minneapolistimes.com/minnesota-and-the-comfort-of-its-own-myth/

Places to start learning more about racial injustice in Minnesota:
https://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings
https://conservancy.umn.edu/items/4c53a14d-801b-4a26-a6ca-b618a625bef1
https://www.mnrealtor.com/blogs/mnr-news1/2020/10/01/mapping-the-legacy-of-racism-in-twin-cities-real-e
https://www.minnpost.com/mnopedia/2025/12/in-1931-a-black-family-moved-into-segregated-south-minneapolis-then-the-terror-began/
https://www.tptoriginals.org/mapping-the-roots-of-housing-disparities-in-minneapolis/
https://www.startribune.com/ghost-of-a-chance/601197355
https://nativegov.org/about/our-land-acknowledgement-statement/
https://treatiesmatter.org/treaties/land/1851-Dakota
https://iaphs.org/400-years-of-chains-the-over-policing-of-black-bodies-and-the-devaluing-of-black-pain/

Community safety changes in Minneapolis:
https://www.mobilize.us/housinginaction/event/970866/
https://www.minnpost.com/glean/2026/06/minneapolis-police-overtime-costs-projected-to-put-mpd-more-than-23-million-over-budget/
https://www.minneapolismn.gov/government/programs-initiatives/minneapolis-democracy-center/
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/05/22/minneapolis-city-council-rejects-purchasing-property-public-safety-training-center
https://www.minneapolismn.gov/government/departments/community-safety/training-wellness-center/

Local bookstores to get a copy:
https://www.blackgarnetbooks.com/
https://moonpalacebooks.com/
https://www.magersandquinn.com/

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Learn more about the things mentioned in today’s episode:
https://linktr.ee/docamber
https://www.tiktok.com/@docamberalton
https://www.instagram.com/docamberalton/
Queer Housing Summit: https://www.queerhousingsummit.org/
Ayada Leads: https://www.ayadaleads.org/event-list

Upcoming Housing in Action HomeStretch workshops: https://housinginaction.org/events/month/

Displacement of renters in Minneapolis: https://minneapolis2040.com/policies/housing-displacement/

Shoutout Powderhorn Neighborhood: https://www.minneapolis.org/neighborhoods/powderhorn/

NIMBY vs YIMBY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NIMBY, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YIMBY

Insurance costs on the rise: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/04/06/report-minnesota-saw-the-largest-homeowners-insurance-increase-in-the-country

Financial considerations for homeownership: https://pwm.gs.com/nam/en-us/insights/wealth-planning/financial-planning/buying-a-house

Land trusts in the Twin Cities: https://www.rondoclt.org/, https://www.clclt.org/

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Learn more about the things mentioned in today’s episode 

Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative:
https://www.beaconinterfaith.org/
https://www.facebook.com/beaconinterfaith/
https://www.instagram.com/believeinhome/
https://www.youtube.com/user/BeaconInterfaithMN

Beacon’s Legislative Agenda:
https://www.beaconinterfaith.org/blog/

Learn more about HUD: https://www.huduser.gov/hud_timeline

Budget cuts with DOGE at the top of the year: https://www.cbpp.org/blog/doge-driven-hud-cuts-will-make-it-harder-for-people-to-afford-housing-exit-homelessness

Assorted lawsuits:
https://nlihc.org/resource/four-fair-housing-groups-sue-hud-and-doge-over-canceling-fhip-contracts
https://www.relmanlaw.com/cases-MFHC-v-HUD-and-DOGE
https://www.publicrightsproject.org/naeh-v-hud-fact-sheet/

Kiddywampus:
https://kiddywampus.com/

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Listen, follow, and give us a rating wherever you listen to podcasts!
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Thanks so much for listening in today! We hope to see you back next month to learn more about all things housing—potential policies, community dreams, hard realities, systemic barriers, celebratory joys—and everything in between!

Learn more about today’s speakers:
https://housinginaction.org/
https://www.prginc.org/
https://www.ppl-inc.org/
https://hope-community.org/
https://www.modelcities.org/
https://www.alliancehousinginc.org/

Watch Episode 1: https://youtu.be/4SNN7j7DfnQ
Watch Episode 2: https://youtu.be/-jcZTh7DE2A

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