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Beltrami County Housing Trust Fund reports first‑year allocations, six developer pre‑applications
Summary
County health and human services and United Way staff reported on the Beltrami County Housing Trust Fund’s first year: ordinance creation, funding sources, early program grants and six developer pre‑applications under review by the fund cabinet.
Beltrami County commissioners received an update on the Beltrami County Housing Trust Fund from Anne Linseff, director of Health and Human Services, and Danae Alemano (listed as Danae/Denae in the record), director at the United Way of the Bemidji Area, which administers the fund under a county ordinance.
“ We established our Beltrami County Housing Trust Fund in August of 20 23 through the passage of ordinance number 50,” Anne Linseff told the board, noting the fund’s administrative structure and funding sources. The fund’s administrator is the United Way of the Bemidji Area, awarded by request for proposals opened in late 2023 and early 2024.
Why it matters: the trust fund pools two legislated funding streams — statewide affordable housing aid and local homelessness prevention aid distributed to the county via the Minnesota Department of Revenue — and is intended to increase…
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