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Minnesota housing advocates tell committee statewide supply gap forces cost burdens and racial disparities
Summary
Presenters told the Senate Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention that Minnesota is producing far fewer homes than needed, leaving deep barriers for extremely low‑income households and contributing to persistent racial gaps in homeownership.
Senator Lindsey Port convened the Senate Committee on Housing and Homelessness Prevention and heard from Anne Mavity, executive director of the Minnesota Housing Partnership, who told the committee that Minnesota’s housing system “is not producing the housing that Minnesotans need.” Mavity said the gap is historic and systemic, and that intentional policy is needed to reverse racially predictable outcomes in homeownership.
Mavity outlined data showing the Twin Cities region needed about 36,000 new homes over a recent 10‑year period but produced roughly 16,000, a…
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