Council outlines DBE implementation steps and flags HRA payment-standard pressures

Oct 22, 2025

Council staff said they are implementing changes to comply with the U.S. DOT interim DBE rule and put the issue in an incident-command structure; council members reported rising rent pressures and upcoming decisions on HRA payment standards.

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At the Oct. 22 Metropolitan Council meeting staff described ongoing work to respond to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s interim final rule on Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) regulations and reported a related internal incident-command structure to coordinate the council’s response.

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