The City will no longer be counting shelter beds as affordable housing (thanks for your posting yesterday David).
This had been the practice of the City for a number of years, but as soon as this issue came to the Mayor's attention, we began working with the staff at the Community Planning and Economic Development Department to change it. While the Mayor believes the City has an important role to play in funding shelter, it is clear that shelter is not housing and it should not be counted in this way. The City of Minneapolis has assisted in the construction and rehabilitation of over 4,000 units (not including shelter beds) that were completed in 2003 or are currently under construction. Over 1,800 of these are affordable to families or individuals making less than 50% of the metropolitan median income, over 1,400 of these are affordable to households making less than 30% of metropolitan median income. This change how we count will be reflected on the City's website shortly. Thank you. Erik Takeshita Senior Policy Aide Office of Mayor R.T. Rybak 350 S. 5th Street, Room 331 Minneapolis, MN 55415 Phone: (612) 673-2100 Fax: (612) 673-2305 [EMAIL PROTECTED] REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
