Craig Miller has declared the affordable-housing crisis over...this Strib story, based on a GVA/Marquette report for Hennepin County, indicates that while the overall vacancy rate is the highest since 1992, the apartment-vacancy rates remain below 5 percent in very-low-rent categories, even as they are above 5 percent for higher-rent apartments.
This may mean that the market is still quite tight for renters without much to spend - the ones who need affordable housing the most. One point that supports Craig: Minneapolis is not one of the Hennepin County cities with the lowest vacancy rate (that would be Columbia Heights, Robbinsdale and Blaine; Minneapolis's rate is unspecified in the Strib piece). http://www.startribune.com/stories/462/3080531.html Is the Hennepin County report online? If so, can someone send in the link? David Brauer King Field _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
