Moorhead HRC discusses community events, awards, CDBG input meeting and possible rental-relief outreach

Commissioners used the April 15 meeting to coordinate local outreach, awards logistics and notices of community meetings, and to ask whether state rental-relief funds had been accessed locally following ICE enforcement concerns.

A commissioner invited the commission to the Growing Our Local Leaders cohort graduation on May 2 at Shooting Star Casino from 2 to 4 p.m., described the program’s goal of expanding civic leadership across 21 northwest Minnesota counties and encouraged recruitment of diverse leaders. The commission discussed creating an outside review committee for the Destiny holiday award nominations; the nomination deadline was set for May 11, recipients will be notified by May 29 and the award will be presented at the City Council on June 8.

The chair announced a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) public-input meeting for the 2026 action plan on Monday, April 20 at noon at the Loop Fireside Commons and encouraged public participation. The chair also noted planned Juneteenth recognition and invited the commission to participate at MSUM on June 19.

A resident asked whether local agencies had applied for rental-relief funds after recent ICE activity and asserted that the Minnesota State Senate had passed $40,000,000 in rental-relief funding in March. A commissioner responded that local public-housing agencies had not reported receiving requests or calls for such assistance and that, where impacts had been visible elsewhere, they had been limited to cities immediately adjacent to Minneapolis.

Procedural business at the meeting included approval of the March 18, 2026 meeting minutes (motion made, seconded and approved with no abstentions) and a unanimous motion to adjourn at the meeting’s close.