Issue Position: Housing

Issue Position

Home foreclosures continue to rip apart our neighborhoods in North Minneapolis. This is an issue that has affected everyone in North Minneapolis, whether you were foreclosed on, or if you have seen boarded up houses depress the value of your home.

Bobby Joe Champion has been a fighter to end unfair mortgage practices and to give home owners options to stay in their homes. He is a leader for creating more affordable housing in and around Minneapolis, including efforts to use state bonding dollars for affordable housing, support community land trusts, provide support for homelessness prevention, and properly fund the Minnesota Housing Finance Authority. In the Senate, Bobby will work on securing resources targeted at rehabilitating or renovating the surplus of current vacant housing stock in our district and the promotion of creative homeownership options to stabilize our neighborhoods. Bobby secured $4 million in FEMA matching funds for tornado victims.

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