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Tenant advocates press reforms on repairs, evictions and fee disclosure; legal aid gaps highlighted
Summary
Homeline and the Housing Justice Center told the Senate housing committee that renters face repair delays, rising eviction filings and burdensome fees; both asked for stronger habitability enforcement, court process improvements and expanded legal help for renters.
Eric Hauge, executive director of Homeline, and Shana Timenez, housing justice litigator at the Housing Justice Center, told the committee that Minnesota tenants are experiencing increasing instability as rents rise faster than incomes and eviction filings remain elevated in many counties.
Hauge described Homeline’s statewide hotline and outreach program and said calls and demand for help have increased — his office advised roughly 20,000 renter households per year in recent years, a 50%…
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