Minnesota Rental Assistance
Minnesota housing multifamily Rental Assistance offers 3 programs for eligible individuals and families.
Minnesota Housing Trust Fund Rental Assistance
The Minnesota Legislature established the Housing trust fund in 1988 as Minnesota Rental Assistance to help the low income persons and families. The revenue for the Minnesota trust is from the interest earnings on real estate broker’s trust accounts, interest on revenue bond application fees and forfeited fees and MN state appropriated funds. Now eligible activities are expanded to include Minnesota rental assistance and housing operating support.
For Minnesota rental assistance funding, there are three options: tenant-based, sponsor-based, and project-based rental assistance. Housing Trust Fund Minnesota rental assistance is intended to be temporary in nature
Bridges Program Information
Minnesota Housing’s Ending Long Term Homeless Initiative Fund had funded for the Bridges program to meet the program requirements. The DHS and Minnesota Housing administer the Bridges program where they provide a rental subsidiary for public with serious mental illness who may or may not be a long term homeless.
Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS (HOPWA)
The Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) Program
was authorized by Housing and Community Development Act of 1992. HOPWA
funds are for persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families. Persons
are funded for their rehabilitation, conversion, lease and repair of
facilities, short term rent, mortgage ad more services.