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.
Solid Ground is excited to announce a new homeless prevention program serving suburban Ramsey and Washington Counties.
Using Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) funds from the state, Solid Ground can provide up to 2 months of past due rent funding to help keep families in their housing.
Read MoreThe St. Paul Chapter had an excellent Legislative Breakfast on the morning of February 12. With over 80 people attending, and over 12 elected officials, we had a thorough and engaging discussion of MICAH’s upcoming policy agenda.
Read MoreOn Friday, February 26th, over 75 people signed on to the MICAH Housing for All Breakfast.
Roxanne Smith, founder of Housing for All at St Joseph the Worker in Maple Grove facilitated our discussion. Senator Hoffman indicated he would be a co-author of the Lead Safe Homes Bill. John Duffy, Duffy development, showed off their latest development Bottineau 3 in Maple Grove.
Read MoreOver 95 people joined us at MICAH South Chapter (Dakota County) Breakfast Feb. 19th.
We addressed housing and school inequities and the impact of the pandemic as we prioritize housing that is affordable and resources programs in Dakota County.
Read MoreThis year, our event, like so many other things impacted by COVID, was different. In the urgency to deal with the pandemic, combined with the ease of setting up virtual meetings, legislative committees were already up and running several weeks earlier than normal! This made picking our date a little tricky, since it’s hard to have a Legislative Breakfast without legislators (not to mention, no breakfast…) and the chapter needed to reschedule from our original Wednesday to a Friday, when only one committee meets. We met with 8 elected officials and 60 local voters on that Friday the 5th.
Read MoreI am honored to be part of MICAH because of their advocacy for affordable housing and also giving a voice to those experiencing housing insecurity.
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