EXCERPT: “Blandin Foundation has awarded a $1 million, three-year grant to the Greater Minnesota Housing Fund to launch a comprehensive rural housing project designed to address the Grand Rapids and Leech Lake areas’ acute housing challenges. The project will build or preserve more than 400 units and address the entire housing system, from updating all types of housing stock, to boosting community understanding of the need and benefits of a healthy housing sector that serves all residents. ‘People in our region face some of the toughest obstacles to finding housing in the state,’ said Tuleah Palmer, Blandin Foundation president and CEO. ‘The real opportunity with this grant is to apply the many lessons GMHF has gained over decades of working in rural Minnesota. Their work will shift from focusing on housing dynamics in distinct communities to how the housing system is serving the region’s needs. That requires a new framework of regional coordination and leadership.'” FULL STORY: https://fluence-media.co/3rv6cqy
