MICAH works with congregations, faith leaders, and community partners to increase awareness and understanding the need for affordable housing. This creates advocates who fight for changes in public policies to encourage all communities to preserve and build affordable housing.
This year the Anoka chapter sponsored our annual virtual bus tour in October. Stops included Family Promise in Anoka County, Stepping Stone Emergency Housing, Matthew 25, Substance Church Manna Market, and Park Plaza Cooperative. We decided to include two food donation centers to highlight the issue of food insecurity…
Read MoreAs the newly promoted Minneapolis MICAH Chapter Organizer, I am excited to get the process rolling and starting. I look forward to reaching out to everyone in my area. I have been attending other MICAH chapter meetings to gain greater knowledge and in amazement of all the great work.
Read MoreAlice Hausman was first elected to the Minnesota House of Representatives in 1989, more than 3 decades ago, with major interests in capital investment and bonding. Over those decades, exercising her leadership role on the House finance committee, Rep. Hausman became one of the House’s strongest advocates for bonding and investment in affordable housing.
Even in this moment, in the final week of the 2022 legislature, budget numbers have yet to be allocated, but Rep. Hausman continues to respond personally and positively to messages from affordable housing advocates. She richly deserves MICAH’s Lifetime Achievement Award for her long and tireless work for affordable housing in Minnesota.
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