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From YouTube: February 14, 2018 Housing Policy & Development Committee
Description
Minneapolis Housing Policy & Development Committee Meeting
A
Good
afternoon,
I
call
to
order
this
meeting
of
the
housing
policy
and
development
committee
and
council
member
cam
Gordon
I'm,
chair
of
the
committee
and
I'm
joined
by
our
Vice
Chair,
don't
remember
Ellison
and
councilmembers,
Goodman
and
trader
or
a
quorum
of
the
committee,
so
we
can
get
started.
I
expect
more
committees.
Members
to
arrive
soon
may
also
be
joined
by
some
other
council
members
for
a
presentation.
A
I
think
what
I'm
going
to
do
with
the
agenda,
though,
is
I'm
gonna,
put
the
consent
agenda
first
and
then
we'll
do
the
public
hearings
for
our
land
sales
and
so
we'll
end
with
the
presentation.
I
don't
expect.
The
public
hearings
will
go
that
long.
So,
let's
start
with
the
consent
items
that
starts
with
item
number
six,
and
this
is
approving
some
council
reappointments
for
three-year
terms
to
the
minneapolis
public
housing
authority.
A
This
would
be
faith
zzang
or
seat
eight
from
Ward
five
and
James
Rosenbaum
from
seat
seven,
and
also
waiving
the
residency
requirement
for
James
7th
item
is
acknowledging
receptivity
to
a
livable
communities.
Act
funding
award
form
in
support
of
the
award
of
the
Metropolitan
Community
liberal
communities.
Local
housing
incentive
account
grant
funds
to
the
ppl
Greenbelt
homes,
new
construction
project.
A
Then
we
have
the
tenth
item
on
our
consent.
Agenda
is
the
multifamily
rental
dwellings
advance
notice
of
sales?
This
is
just
referring
the
subject
matter
of
an
ordinance
amendment
to
staff,
when
the
eleventh
item
is
also
referring
to
staff,
the
subject
matter
of
an
ordinance
this
one
having
to
do
with
occupancy
regulations.
Now
these
are
referred
to
us
from
the
council
at
our
last
meeting.
Would
anyone
like
to
pull
any
of
those
items
off
of
consent
for
discussion
or
questions,
seeing
none
that
I
will
move
all
the
consent
items
all
those
in
favor?
A
Please
say
aye
aye
any
opposed.
We
say.
No.
Those
items
are
approved,
then
we'll
move
on
to
our
public
hearings
for
our
land
sales
and
the
first
is
the
land
sale
at
3234,
Humboldt,
Avenue,
south
and
I.
Believe
we'll
have
a
brief
staff
presentation
from
this
and
I
think
this
is
mr.
Ramadan
welcome
Thank.
B
You
mr.
chair
councilmembers,
the
sale
of
3234
Humboldt
Avenue
north
through
Minneapolis
homes,
policies
for
the
program
were
established
by
the
City
Council
on
December,
11
2015,
and
also
on
February
10
2017.
The
staff
recommends
the
sale
of
3234
Humboldt
Avenue
north
to
Gini
Investments
LLC
for
its
appraised
value
of
28,000,
subject
to
conditions.
B
38:32
Humboldt
was
acquired
on
August
18
2017
from
Hennepin
County
as
tax
forfeited
land
for
$10,000.
The
staff
has
marketed
this
property
with
an
open
house
at
an
October
2017
and
with
notification
to
a
listserv.
Now
over
1900
recipients,
there
were
two
applications
received.
The
other
application
was
from
C
to
W
group.
Ginny
investments
was
ranked
higher
because
of
their
greater
experience
in
completed
projects.
Ctw
crew
was
not
recommended
as
an
alternative
purchaser
because
they
have
a
number
of
projects
already
underway
yet
to
be
completed
and
are
up
for
two
more
proposed
projects.
B
Today
the
property
was
constructed
in
1925
with
a
2054
square
foot,
3-bedroom
1-bath
single-family
house.
The
purchaser
intends
to
invest
one
hundred
forty,
nine
thousand
three
hundred
to
rehabilitate
3234,
humble
as
a
four
bedroom.
Two
bedroom
two
bath
single-family
home
to
market
exclusively
to
owner
occupants,
C
pets,
construction
management,
staff,
reviewed
the
scope
of
work
and
estimates
submitted
by
the
applicant
and
confirmed
that
they
are
sufficient
to
meet
the
minimum
rehabilitation
standards
of
the
program.
A
notification
was
provided
to
the
foul
neighbourhood
on
December
12
2017,
and
they
recommended
Jenny
Investments.
B
A
Mean
committee
members
have
any
questions,
I
don't
see
any
so
then
I
think
what
we'll
do
is
we'll
just
open
the
public
hearing
for
this
one
and
I
know
that
you're
doing
all
three
in
a
row
but
we'll
just
I
think
that's
a
thermostat,
your
previous
procedure.
So
thank
you
very
much
for
that
report
and
then
we'll
open
the
public
hearing.
Is
there
anybody
here?
Who
wishes
to
speak
on
this
matter?.
A
A
A
B
Mr.
chair
councilmembers,
the
sale
of
3730
for
Fremont
Avenue
north
was
approved
through
policies
for
the
program
established
by
the
City
Council
in
December,
11
2015,
and
on
again
on
February
10
2017.
The
sat
staff
is
recommending
3730
for
Fremont
Avenue
north
be
sold
to
CTW
group
for
its
appraised.
They
have
18,000
subject
conditions.
This
property
was
acquired
on
August,
the
8th
2017
from
Hennepin
County
for
$1
staff,
marketed
this
property
again
in
October
and
had
over
1,900
people
notified
of
its
availability.
Ctw
group
was
the
only
applicant.
B
This
property
was
originally
constructed
in
1907
as
the
1354
square
foot,
2-bedroom
1-bath,
single-family
house,
ctw
Griffin
to
invest
112
thousand
nine
hundred
to
rehabilitate
this
property
is
a
two-bit
one-bath,
single-family
home
to
be
marketed
exclusively
to
owner
occupants.
Our
construction
management
staff
has
looked
through
their
scope
of
work
and
has
confirmed
that
they
are
sufficient
to
meet
their
inner
minimum
rehabilitation
standards.
The
notification
was
provided
for
the
file
when
they
were
hurt
again
on
December
12
2017,
with
no
comment.
A
Don't
see
any
questions,
thank
you.
So
much
for
the
report
and
I
will
just
open
the
public
hearing
in
case
somebody
wants
to
speak
on
this
matter.
Anybody
wish
to
come
forward
and
speak
on
it.
Seeing
no
one
then
I
will
close
to
public
hearing
and
I
will
move
approval
of
the
land
sale,
any
discussion
all
right,
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
post.
A
B
Chair
this
is
my
final
land,
so
for
today,
34:39
Fremont,
Avenue
North.
This
property
was
acquired
on
August
8
2017
from
Hennepin
County
tax
burden
lands
for
$10,000.
We
marketed
it
again
to
over
1,900
people.
The
CTW
group
was
the
only
applicant.
This
is
the
night.
This
property
was
constructed
in
1909,
it's
a
1716
square
foot,
3-bedroom,
1-bath,
single-family
home.
The
purchaser
intends
to
invest
120
thousand
nine
hundred
to
renovate
this
property
as
a
3-bedroom,
1-bath,
single-family
home
to
be
marketed
exclusively
to
owner
occupants.
B
A
See
any
questions
on
this
one:
either
I'll
open
the
public
hearing
just
in
case
somebody
wants
to
speak
on
this.
Anybody
here
want
to
speak
on
it,
seeing
no
one
then
I'll
close
the
the
caring.
Would
anyone
else
like
to
make
the
motion
on
this
one
I
can
move
the
approval
of
the
land
sale.
Then
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed.
No,
that
motion
carries
now.
A
D
Afternoon,
chair
Gordon
and
members
of
the
community,
my
name
is
Kevin
Smith
I
am
a
senior
project
coordinator
with
CPD,
and
this
is
my
first
RCA
I
come
before
you
today,
with
the
recommendation
for
a
sale
of
25,
Lots,
210
developers
and
fundings
for
the
Minneapolis
Homes
Development
Assistance
Program.
First,
before
I
request
your
approval
I'd
like
to
provide
a
brief
overview
of
the
Minneapolis
Homes
Program
and
provide
context
about
the
different
proposals
that
are
contained
within
it.
Thank
you.
D
So
the
Minneapolis
Homes
program
started
first
with
the
infill
housing
work
group
that
was
established
in
November
20th
2015
by
the
City
Council.
The
work
group
focused
on
strategies
to
market
sell
and
develops
city-owned
vacant
lots
with
Minneapolis,
as
well
as
increasing
affordable
housing
opportunities,
while
also
supporting
minority-owned
contractors
and
developers
in
building
wealth
and
communities
where
the
Lots
are
located.
D
Then
in
2017,
the
City
Council
approved
the
Minneapolis
women's
program
with
three
programmatic
goals.
The
first
was
the
preservation
of
affordable
housing
and
specifically
homeownership
opportunities
within
the
city
of
Minneapolis,
encouragement
of
new
housing
development
on
city-owned
lots
that
are
vacant
and
improving
equitable
outcomes
and
construction
contracting
and
home
ownership.
D
That
action
also
established
the
development
assistance
program
component
of
Minneapolis
homes,
which
provides
project
gap,
funding
of
up
to
$70,000
to
cover
the
difference
between
the
project's
costs,
who
developed
the
property
and
then
the
amount
that
could
be
appraised
for
after
completion.
It
also
included
the
home
buyer
down
payment
assistance,
amount
of
$5,000
due
on
sale
or
$25,000
for
long-term,
affordable
properties,
and
the
thing
to
note
with
long-term,
affordable
properties
is
that
they
are
restricted
to
80%.
D
Ami
purchasers
in
perpetuity,
so
they
have
to
remain
perpetually
affordable
and
then
I
should
also
note
that
Lots
in
Northeast
and
sells
many
of
us
are
restricted
for
long
term.
Affordability,
the
Minneapolis
Homes
development
assistance
RFP
focused
on
four
main
criteria,
which
is
equitable
outcomes,
design
that
is
thoughtful
and
environmentally
friendly
developers
that
are
both
efficient
and
have
the
financial
capacity
to
do
the
work
that
they're
doing
and
then
impact
in
the
communities
in
which
the
Lots
are
located.
D
The
February
10th
action
focused
on
the
preservation
of
affordable
ownership
opportunities
throughout
Minneapolis
and
the
long
term
affordability
component
of
that
it
was
a
major
part
of
it
before
Minneapolis
homes,
the
predecessor
of
the
program,
was
Green
homes
north
both
programs
shared
very
similar
program
goals
and
requirements.
Both
green
homes,
north
and
many
are
in
Minneapolis
homes
have
a
115
percent
ami
household
income
restriction.
However,
it's
important
to
note
that
most
households
that
actually
purchase
to
the
program
have
a
lower
income.
D
D
D
The
third
goal
focused
on
improving
equitable
outcomes
and
construction
contracting
and
homeownership
and
I.
Think
it's
really
important
to
note
that
all
the
developers
that
are
participating
four
of
them
are
in
businesses
and
then
of
the
nonprofit's
participating.
Three
of
them
have
boards
that
have
a
51%
or
more
makeup
of
women
or
minority
positions,
if
approved
today.
The
time
line
for
the
Minneapolis
Homes
Development
Assistance
Program
would
see
developers
closed
on
the
Lots
by
August
29th
of
2017.
D
So
developers
would
have
six
months
to
complete
due
diligence,
submit
the
documentation
of
the
city
and
then
closing
the
property.
Although
they
would
be
encouraged
to
do
so
sooner
possible
and
then
they
would
have
a
year
to
complete
construction
and
then
sell
to
qualified
homebuyer.
So
sales
would
happen
in
August,
29th
of
2019
or
sooner,
and
that
coincides
with
funding
requirements
that
exist
with
the
funders
of
the
program
from.
C
D
The
city
depicted
here
is
a
map
of
the
properties
that
staff
is
recommending
for
approval.
As
you
can
see,
most
the
properties
are
in
North
Minneapolis,
given
to
the
fact
that
80
percent
of
the
city's
inventory
that
it
owns
a
vacant,
lots
are
in
North,
but
we
do
have
one
property
in
Northeast,
Minneapolis
and
then
five
in
South
and
those
properties
would
be
restricted
for
long
term
affordability
and
with
that
I
just
want
to
give
a
brief
overview
of
the
proposals
that
we
are
recommending
for
funding.
D
D
The
second
proposal
is
for
lots
to
City
of
Lights
Community
Land
Trust.
One
lot
is
in
Northeast
Minneapolis
and
then
three
are
in
south
Minneapolis
and
those
are
all
Lots
that
would
have
the
long
term.
Affordability
component
restriction,
construction
basics
is
recommended
for
one
lot
in
North
Minneapolis.
D
He
store
masters
is
recommended
for
one
lot
in
North,
Minneapolis,
gimmick
or
greater
metropolitan
Housing
Corporation
is
recommended
for
three
Lots
in
North
Minneapolis
with
two
different
home
designs,
and
a
visa
LLC
is
also
recommended
for
three
homes
in
North
Minneapolis,
big
noé
homes
is
recommended
for
one
in
North,
Minneapolis
in
PRG
is
recommended
for
four
properties.
Two
of
these
are
in
North
Minneapolis
and
then
tour
in
south
Minneapolis.
D
So
with
that,
I
want
to
say
thank
you
and
summarize
that
we
staff
are
proposing
to
sell
25
Lots
to
ten
developers,
buy
and
provide
1
million
nine
hundred
thirteen
thousand
six
hundred
twelve
dollars
in
project
gap
and
homebuyer
affordability,
gap
to
these
projects
and
leverage.
Five
hundred
and
twenty
nine
thousand
nine
hundred
eighty
five
dollars
for
Minnesota
housing
and
thirty.
Three
thousand
hundred
sixty-five
dollars
from
Hennepin
County
HRA.
With
that
I'll
take
any
questions.
A
D
D
It
so
I
may
be
a
misspoke,
so
there
is
a
funding
left
over
for
additional
Lots.
If
we
were
to
to
do
a
RFP
of
the
scale
again
I
mean
it
would
include
additional
funding.
That
would
be
required
through,
like
another
application
through
Minnesota
housing
impact
fund,
for
example.
Okay.
So
it's.
A
D
A
A
Seeing
none
then
I'll
move
approval
of
is
actually
on
a
series
of
resolutions,
because
it's
a
separate
resolution
for
every
one
of
the
developers
who's
doing
the
project
and
then
we're
also
on
authorizing
staff
to
enter
into
agreements
with
qualified
developers
and
also
to
make
modifications
related
to
those
agreements
with
the
selected
developers
and
entities.
So
with
that
motion,
I
will
take
a
vote
all
those
in
favor,
please
say
aye
any
opposed,
so
you
know
anybody
abstaining.
A
E
A
E
E
This
is
work
that
I
am
personally
and
professionally
incredibly
proud
of,
and
grateful
to
have
the
this
forum
and
the
continued
attention
on
such
an
important
issue
today,
I'll
be
providing
a
high-level
summary
of
the
research
findings,
activities
currently
underway
by
the
city
and
other
partners,
as
well
as
recommendations
for
additional
streams
of
work.
There
is
a
more
detailed
report
available
on
the
innovation
team
website
for
you
or
members
of
the
public
who
would
like
to
dig
in
further
into
the
data.
I
might
get
a
little.
E
E
So
just
start
us
off
today:
I
just
want
to
ground
the
conversation
in
why
vixens
are
an
important
issue
generally
and
share
a
little
bit
about
how
our
team
got
involved
in
this
research.
Many
of
you
may
be
familiar
with
the
work
of
Matthew
Desmond
he's
a
sociologist
and
author
of
the
book.
Evicted
nationally
he's
really
sparked
a
conversation
about
evictions
and
the
dual
role
that
tenant
evictions
have
as
both
a
symptom
and
an
underlying
cause
of
poverty
and
economic
instability.
E
So,
in
the
first
iteration
of
the
innovation
team's
work,
we
focused
on
the
broad
priority
area
of
reducing
racial
disparities
in
housing,
particularly
related
to
rental,
housing,
quality
access
and
stability,
the
backdrop
of
dozens
national
research
and
what
we,
as
a
team,
heard
from
community
organizations
and
advocates
it
quickly,
became
clear
that
evictions
are
a
core
issue
to
address.
Being
evicted
is
hugely
destabilizing
for
a
household.
E
What
this
tends
to
mean
is
that
for
those
renters
with
an
eviction
on
the
record,
the
rental
housing
that
they
can
get
into
in
the
future
may
be
of
significantly
lower
quality
or
property
or,
as
may
essentially
charge
a
premium
for
for
rent
or
for
security
deposits.
And
a
quick
note
about
language
here
before
I
get
too
far
into
the
weeds
I'm
referring
to
evictions
as
both
the
filing
that
happens
initially
at
court,
as
well
as
an
eviction
judgment
where
someone
is
actually
removed
from
their
home.
A
Can
I
ask
a
question
right
here?
There
are
also
a
lot
of
instances
where
somebody's
evicted,
where
the
system
never
gets
involved,
but
the
landlord
just
says
you
have
to
move
out
at
the
end
of
the
month.
Did
we
count
those
at
all
or
do
we
know
anything
about
those
and
sometimes
it's
the
threat
of
maybe
going
to
court
that
will
chase
somebody
out
or
so.
E
Chair
Gordon
members
of
the
committee,
the
data
and
the
research
that
I
am
presenting
tonight
would
not
include
any
of
those
informal
evictions
where
someone
is
just
being
asked
to
leave.
There
is
the
nature
of
it
is
it
doesn't
get
recorded,
and
so
we
don't
know
the
level
of
prevalence
of
that
issue.
E
E
So
in
in
partnership
with
housing
link
and
home
line,
we
started
with
a
very
high-level
analysis
of
where
evictions
are
taking
place
in
Minneapolis.
The
geographic
patterns
of
where
evictions
are
most
most
prevalent.
Oh
aligns
neatly
with
those
zip
codes
with
the
highest
populations
of
people
of
color.
So
in
the
map
that
you'll
see
those
red
outlines
are
zip
codes
with
50%
or
more
people
of
color
in
that
area.
E
So,
particularly
in
North
Minneapolis
visit
codes,
five
five,
four
one
one
and
four
one,
two,
the
overall
numbers
and
the
rate
of
impact
are
the
highest.
We
found
that,
over
the
course
of
three
years
an
estimated
45
to
48
percent
of
renter
households
have
experienced
at
least
one
eviction
filing.
This
is
a
rough
estimate.
It
uses
the
total
count
for
that
zip
code
compared
to
the
censuses
estimate
of
the
number
of
renter
households,
so
wouldn't
reflect
cases
where
the
same
household
experiences,
violence,
multiple
times
or
churn
in
that
neighborhood.
E
Ideally,
we
would
have
liked
to
have
been
able
to
measure
the
specific
racial
disparities
that
this
represents,
and
you
may
be
wondering
why
we're
not
showing
that
the
data
underlying
this
map
and
the
rest
of
the
research
that
I
would
share
primarily
comes
through
the
state
court
records
and
in
civil
court.
Unlike
in
criminal
courts,
the
race,
gender
and
other
demographics
of
people
involved
does
not
get
captured.
E
That
said,
all
it
takes
is
a
visitor,
the
street
housing
court
to
see
who
is
being
impacted
by
this
issue.
An
in-person
survey
conducted
by
Hennepin,
County
I
believe
last
summer
captured
some
demographic
information
and
sort
of
a
man
on
the
street
essentially
survey,
and
they
found
that
76%
of
tenants
at
housing
court
identified
as
African
American
or
American
Indian
and
61%
identified
as
female.
So
the
similar
trends
of
black
women
being
disproportionately
impacted
that
does
men
found
in
Milwaukee,
seems
to
hold
true
here.
F
You
mr.
chair,
this
make
him
come
up,
but
I
just
wanted
to
note
the
very
basic
fact
that
a
little
over
half
of
all
households
in
Minneapolis
are
renter
households.
So
when
you're,
looking
at
the
map,
where
you
were
showing
the
percentage
of
renter
households
who
are
impacted
by
eviction
in
particular
wards
or
neighborhoods
in
our
city,
that's
a
very
high
percentage
of
the
overall
population.
And
so
I
just
wanted
to
note
that.
So
we
have
a
sense
of
the
magnitude
of
the
number
of
households
and
families
that
are
being
impacted
by
either.
F
E
So
once
we
had
a
sense
of
where
evictions
were
happening
in
to
whom
we
wanted
to
dig
deeper
into
the,
why
tenant,
advocates
and
attorneys
that
work
with
tenants,
it
has
import'
told
us.
Nearly
all
evictions
are
filed
for
non-payment
of
rents
and,
as
we
found
in
our
research,
the
data
bears
that
out
myself
and
others
on
our
team
conducted
a
detailed
case
file,
review
of
a
random
selection
of
2015
filings.
E
This
means
actually
reading
one
by
one
through
about
a
hundred
or
so
cases,
representative
sampling
and
on
the
filing
document
that
landlords
fill
out
at
housing.
Court,
the
owner
or
manager,
can
select
from
six
of
pre-populated
reasons
why
they're
filing
for
the
eviction.
This
includes
non-payment.
E
Failure
to
vacate
after
notices
given
breach
of
lease
or
covenants
mortgage
foreclosure
or
contract
for
deed
default
in
the
Minneapolis
cases
that
we
reviewed
non-payment
of
rent
was
the
reason
provided
93
percent
of
the
time
in
cases
of
non-payment,
the
amounts
owed
were
generally
in
the
1700
to
$2,000
range,
representing
one
to
three
months.
Rent
owed,
so
both
of
those
are
figures
that
an
owner
would
provide
on
the
filing
paperwork,
to
indicate
how
much
is
owed
and
and
for
how
many
months.
E
E
Getting
it.
The
underlying
y2y
rent
was
going
on
paid,
there's
a
little
less
information,
formerly
available,
anecdotally
again
talking
to
tenant
organizations,
legal
aid
representatives,
there's
a
pretty
even
mix
of
those
tenants
who,
due
to
financial
emergencies
or
other
household
strain,
are
unable
to
pay
their
rent
or
in
housing,
situations
that
are
consistently
unaffordable
and
those
who
may
have
whittled
rents
in
an
attempt
to
try
to
get
repair
issues
addressed.
While
there
is
a
provision
in
Minnesota
state
law
for
a
tenant
to
withhold
rent.
E
If
repairs
are
not
being
completed
by
a
landlord
to
be
protected
from
an
eviction,
they
actually
do
need
to
file,
what's
called
a
rent,
escrow
case
and
and
to
pay
rent
amounts
to
the
court
until
that
issue
is
resolved,
that
process
is
not
always
well
understood.
It
may
not
always
be
a
practical
option
for
some
households.
E
So
I'll
go
more
into
into
more
detail
about
some
of
the
current
future
efforts
later
in
the
presentation,
but
I
would
highlight
here
that
there
are
multiple
research
efforts
that
are
aimed
at
getting
getting
a
better
understanding
of
what's
happening
financially
and
otherwise,
and
households
that
are
getting
behind
in
rent.
This
includes
a
community-based
research
project
through
Kiera
that
will
be
grounded
in
interviews
with
individuals
and
households.
Who've
experienced
eviction,
as
well
as
the
data
analysis
through
Hennepin
County,
to
examine
how
connected
or
disconnected
household
experiencing
eviction
are
to
other
social
services.
We.
G
Thank
you
so
far
for
the
presentation.
I
had
some
questions
around.
You
talked
about
the
contract
for
deed.
My
understanding
is
that
it
can
be
pretty
difficult
to
follow
a
contract
for
deed,
because
technically
the
tenant
is
the
homeowner.
How
difficult
or
successful
successful
did
you
all
feel
and
being
able
to
navigate
and
track?
The
number
of
evictions
that
were
happening
via
like
within
that
contract
would
scenario.
E
H
C
H
I
hate
to
because
rental
housing
is
so
important
in
the
city,
I
hate
to
paint
every
landlord
with
a
bra,
and
it
would
be
good
if
we
could
know,
or
at
least
discuss
who
seems
to
fall
back
on
eviction
after
one
rent,
not
paid
mm-hmm,
I'm,
not
sure,
if
I'm
on,
if
I'm,
ahead
of
what
you
were
going
to
comment
on.
But
it
just
seems
to
me
as
though
there
would
be
some
names,
and
we
might
want
to
discuss
that.
Yes,
thank
you.
I.
E
Goodman,
that
is
the
next
slide.
If,
after
this
line,
you
still
have
questions,
do
you
ask
them,
and
so
another
critical
angle
that
our
research
examined
was
who
are
the
property
owners
that
are
filing
evictions?
For
this
analysis,
we
took
a
snapshot
of
all
2015
Minneapolis
filings
scrub,
that
data
and
cross-reference
it
with
the
data
we
have
from
our
rental
licenses,
so
big
picture
on
average
among
property
owners
who
had
filed
at
least
one
case
in
2015.
There
was
an
annual
rate
of
about
5%.
E
Small
thing
so
they're
about
5
percent
rate
of
filing
and
of
those
that's
who
actually
ended
in
an
eviction
judgment.
What
we
found,
however,
is
that
this
rate
really
varied.
What
widely
among
property
owners,
10
owners
filed
over
a
quarter
of
the
eviction
filings
in
that
year,
those
owners
the
sort
of
frequent
filers.
If
you
will
represented
a
couple
of
basic
types.
E
E
A
special
case
I,
would
point
out
here
it's
actually
the
the
Minneapolis
of
public
housing
authority,
so
they
have
more
rental
units
than
anybody
else
in
the
city,
so
they
have
what
is
a
very
average
rate,
but
their
total
numbers
are
pretty
high,
and
this
issue
is
something
that
we've
been
in
touch
with
I'm
mPHA
staff
and
are
examining
some
strategies
that
they
may
put
in
place
to
reduce
specifically
the
filing
is
among
the
public
housing
residents.
We.
H
E
Chair
Gordon,
councilmember
Goodman:
this
is
an
area
where
there
is
not
great
comparative
data
available.
However,
Matthew
Desmond's
new
evictions
lab
out
of
Princeton
is
sometime
this
spring
I'm,
going
to
be
planning
to
release
data
sets
they've
sort
of
bought
up
the
tenant
screening
data.
That's
behind
this
for
the
whole
country
and
our
I'm
going
to
be
rolling
out
some
comparative
tools
that
will
allow
us
to
do
that.
H
E
H
C
A
E
So
the
last
slide
I
would
share
with
sort
of
the
the
data
summary
we
wanted
to
capture
what
usually
happens
after
an
eviction
is
filed.
What
we
found
from
our
review
is
that,
overall,
about
half
of
cases
that
get
filed
result
in
an
eviction
judgment
either
initially
or
at
some
point
in
the
process.
This
is
what
has
important
where
the
housing
court
referee
rights,
in
order
that
the
tenant
must
leave.
It's
also
called
a
writ
of
recovery,
is
the
legal
term
that
you
may
hear.
E
So
there
are
a
couple
of
reasons
why
so
many
initial
filings
are
going
to
result
in
a
judgment.
Part
of
this
reason
is
that
what
we
found
was
that
one
in
three
tenants
do
not
actually
show
up
to
their
first
hearing
whether
because
they
had
logistical
barriers
like
transportation,
childcare,
work
schedules
or
because
they
assumed
it
wouldn't
be
worth
their
time
to
show
up
they
soon
they
would
be
kicked
out,
anyways
and
didn't
show,
or
for
some
other
reason.
E
Additionally,
although
most
cases
do
reach
settlement
at
the
first
hearing,
40
percent
of
those
settlements
fail,
at
which
point
the
owner
can
again
request
an
immediate
judgment.
Most
settlement
agreements
are
payment
plans,
although
some
will
also
include
an
agreed-upon
move
out
date.
In
addition
to
some
payment
amount,
I
would
just
interject
here
that,
if
you're,
the
picture
in
your
head
of
hearings
and
settlements
is
anything
like
mine
was
prior
to
the
start
of
this
work,
I,
you
may
need
to
reset
that
picture.
E
E
That
observation
is
a
really
great
learning
opportunity
for
me.
What
this
really
looks
like
is,
there
are
a
dozen
or
more
tenants
who
are
all
scheduled
for
a
mass
hearing
at
a
particular
time
of
day,
almost
none
of
whom
have
attorneys,
along
with
the
property
owners
and
frequently
the
owners
attorneys.
E
The
hearing
that
follows
what
I
attended
was
about
60
to
90
seconds
piece
and
while
I
found
the
referees
to
be
nothing
but
respectful
and
polite
to
all
parties
involved,
the
the
pace
of
that
was
certainly
not
what
what
I
pictured
when
I
pictured
a
court
proceeding
legal
aid
and
volunteer
lawyers
do
have
housing
court
or
do
staff
housing
court
and
tenants
who
get
representation
from
from
an
attorney.
Do
you
have
better
outcomes,
which
is
why
there's
been
an
increased
investment
from
the
county,
I
believe
in
the
city
and
pads
budget?
E
There's
some
money
for
additional
tenant
legal
support,
as
well
as
from
some
nonprofit
organizations,
have
been
putting
additional
money
into
this,
but
there's
still
nowhere
near.
You
know
universal
representation
available
again
it
is
civil
court.
It
is
not
like
Criminal
Court,
where
you
are
an
attorney.
F
C
E
I
G
G
This
is
maybe
not
a
question
that
you
can
fully
answer,
but
we
could
potentially
avoid
at
least
a
number
of
these
situations
if
folks
knew
how
to
protest.
They're
their
landlords
adequately
right-
and
we
end
up
working
on
that
on
the
back
end
right
and
so
seems
like
some
more
proactive
political
education
or
public
education
could
be
really
needed
here.
E
E
All
right
so
now,
I
want
to
transition
away
from
what
the
data
is
telling
us
about
the
current
reality
to
what
we
can
do
about
it.
The
first
way
I'd
ask
you
think
about.
This
is
the
level
of
outcomes
we
want
to
impact
on
this
issue.
First
and
foremost
should
be
prevention.
The
best
outcome
is
to
avoid
a
filing
from
happening.
In
the
first
place,
however,
there
is
also
progress
that
can
be
made
on
mitigating
the
negative
outcomes
of
a
filing.
E
This
means
you
know,
having
fewer
filings,
leading
to
a
judgement
having
more
successful
settlements,
more
instances
of
10th,
Redemption
or
trial
ends,
for
example,
and
finally,
we
want
to
reduce
the
number
and
impact
of
having
that
eviction
on
your
rental
record.
This
can
include
increased
expungement
efforts,
changes
to
laws
around
the
length
of
records,
retention
or
working
with
property
owners
to
modify
their
screening
criteria
to
allow
more
tenants
with
prior
evictions.
This
framing
and
the
baseline
data
I
shared
with
you
today
gives
us
a
great
basis
for
setting
some
broad
strategies
to
achieve
those
outcomes.
E
Reducing
filings
judgments
and
their
negative
consequences
is
not
something
that
the
city
or
any
other
entity
can
do
on
their
own.
The
levels
levers
for
improvement
sit
with
our
partners
in
county
government
in
the
courts,
nonprofit
legal
and
advocacy
organizations,
public
and
other
mission-driven
housing
providers,
private
housing
providers
and
beyond
our
work
is
an
innovation
team
in
twenty.
Sixteen
and
seventeen
has
been
to
convene
many
of
these
players
and
support
the
development
of
the
targeted
strategies
that
that
different
players
can
take
on.
E
Overall,
these
strategies
include,
first
working
to
get
ahead
of
the
problem,
intervening
early
to
get
the
rent
paid
on
time,
second,
proactively,
addressing
repair
issues
to
avoid
the
problem
of
rent
withholding
mentioned
earlier.
Third,
we
want
evictions
to
be
a
last
resort
for
property
owners,
finding
options
for
resolving
issues,
whether
non-payment
or
otherwise.
And
fourth,
we
want
to
ensure
that
tenants
are
supported
in
reaching
the
most
positive
outcomes
possible
in
court
and
beyond,
where
filings
do
still
occur.
Well,
I
won't
go
into
all
of
the
partner
actions
that
are
underway.
E
There's
been
added
funding
for
tenant
legal
assistance
at
housing,
court
from
the
pod,
fen
foundation
and
additional
research,
as
mentioned
by
Kyra
and
Hennepin
County,
as
well
as
work
done
by
the
U
of
M,
to
develop
new
tools
for
monitoring
trends.
Looking
at
how
specific
owner
portfolios
are
are
looking
having
that
kind
of
resource
available.
E
E
First
is
the
city:
we
have
a
unique
role
in
licensing
rental
property
and
enforcing
housing
code.
The
cheer'd
licensing
model
create
a
framework
for
regulatory
services
to
distribute
inspections,
resources
where
they
are
most
needed,
and
we
believe
that
there's
room
within
our
management
and
legal
tools
to
address
property
portfolios
with
persistent
high
levels
of
violations.
That
may
also
be
those
high
frequent
filer
purple
is
for
evictions.
E
Second,
and
of
particular
relevance
to
this
committee,
could
include
a
re-examination
of
the
city's
current
conduct
and
premise
ordinance.
This
policy
and
the
associated
practices
are
an
underlying
cause
of
some
number
of
tenant
addictions.
The
conduct
and
license
premise
ordinance
requires
a
license
holder
to
take
appropriate
action
following
specific
criminal,
disorderly
conduct
by
tenants
or
their
guests,
and
in
practice
this
may
mean
that
property
owners
are
directed
by
the
city
to
evict
a
tenant.
E
Even
if
there
may
be
a
different
action
that
that
could
meet
that
same
goal,
while
there
may
be
community
safety
value
and
having
a
tool
like
this
undoubtedly
I
believe
it's
that
worth
asking
the
question
of
what
benefit?
Are
we
getting
from
this
policy
and
what
is
the
the
cost
of
it?
Are
there
revisions
that
could
support
that
core
benefit
while
minimizing
the
impact
on
displacement?
E
Third,
many
of
the
governing
laws.
The
laws
governing
evictions
and
the
related
issues
are
set
at
a
state
level.
So
as
part
of
the
development
of
a
city
legislative
agenda,
specific
items
to
consider
supporting
could
include
legislation
like
instituting
requirement
of
an
advanced
notice
of
filing
commonly
known
as
payer
quit.
E
That's
something
that
has
parameters
perennial
II,
come
up
in
the
state
legislature
limiting
the
amount
of
time
that
an
eviction
shows
up
an
attendance
record,
expanding
the
allowable
uses
of
expungement,
which
could
include
automatic
expungement
when
a
case
is
dismissed
or
found
in
favor
of
the
tenant,
which
is
not
the
current
policy
forth.
Some
of
the
tenant
assistance
tools
aren't
necessarily
best
delivered
by
the
city,
but
can
be
supported
through
city
funding,
in
particular
thinking
about
expanded
legal
assistance.
E
That's
a
strategy
that
has
been
effective
elsewhere
and
finally,
there
are
policy
tools
that
other
cities
have
adopted
that
may
be
worth
exploring
and
adapting
to
our
particular
context.
For
example,
Seattle
with
a
few
other
cities
have
adopted
just
cause
eviction,
ordinances
that
require
property
owners
to
have
a
Just
Cause
to
terminate
a
tenancy
and
New
York
City
passed
a
law
that
guarantees
legal
representation
to
any
low-income
tenants.
A
Singh
in
eviction.
E
Addictions
are
a
critical
issue
to
address
to
support
racial
equity
and
housing
has
a
quality,
access
and
stability.
Well,
this
is
a
complex
challenge
with
no
one
solution.
I
am
fully
convinced
that
dramatically
reducing
evictions
in
Minneapolis
as
possible
and
I'm
greatly
encouraged
by
the
work
of
staff
and
partners
to
move
the
dial.
A
I
So
I
think
so
much
for
this
presentation
and
I
think
your
whole
team
is.
It
is
fantastic
to
really
look
into
such
a
critical
part
of
what's
happening
in
the
city.
I
wanted
it
I
liked
a
lot
of
the
solutions.
I
know
a
lot
of
that
works
already
been
done,
just
a
quick
question
on
if
there
have
been
solutions
that
go
up
that
don't
require
going
to
court.
Just
hearing
this
list
working
with
in
a
low
wealth
communities
going
courts
a
huge
barrier.
I
E
I
Can
give
you
an
example:
okay,
that'd,
be
it
so
just
rent
escrow,
so
some
folks
move
to
the
Twin
Cities.
They
they
lived
in
a
place
where
you
did
not
have
to
go
to
court
to
file
a
random
girl.
You
could
simply,
you
just
had
to
show
notice,
and
you
had
to
have
make
sure
that
that
money
was
there
and
proved
that
in
court.
If
it
got
that
far
it's
something
like
that.
I
G
So
much
had
a
question
I
just
kind
of
wanted.
I
felt
like
there
was
there's
some
context
around
evictions
and
maybe
around
our
broader
covers
housing
conversation
that
I
feel
like
it's
important
to
really
set
I.
Think
about
in
a
city
like
Minneapolis,
where
geography
and
race
and
income
are
maybe
shamefully
predictable
right.
We
know
where
black
folks
in
the
city
live.
We
know
where
indigenous
people
live.
G
We
know
where
different
immigrant
populations
live
and
where
white
people
live
in
a
city
like
that,
our
Maps
aren't
really
all
that
surprising
right
at
nearly
50%
for
North
Minneapolis
of
evictions.
It's
hard
to
not
look
at
that
number,
and
that
and
and
and
the
and
the
perimeter
of
those
numbers
and
not
see
potentially
a
50-plus
year
problem
that
we're
staring
down
and
I
just
feel
like
it's
important
to
name
that
I
know
that
something
like
redlining
always
sort
of
gets.
G
You
dropped
rhetorically
when
people
want
to
get
like
applause
right,
but
taking
it
more
seriously.
I
think
that
that
looking
at
that
maps,
map
really
sets
in
context
just
how
long,
like
just
the
the
historical
effects
of
something
like
redlining
or
housing,
covenants
that
specifically
names
that
you
know
black
folks
could
not
live
here.
Immigrant
populations
could
not
live
here.
G
F
E
F
And
then
is
there
any
reason
to
evict
a
tenant
that
is
not
protected
by
a
lease
who
is
on
a
month-to-month
lease
or
it
was
said
another
way
are
the
evictions?
Do
the
evictions
include
people
who
are
on
month-to-month
leases
or
they
typically
for
people
who
are
protected
by
a
longer
lease.
E
Share
Gordon
has
another
vendor;
it
could
apply
in
either
case
the
court
filing
could
occur
where
there
is
just
a
verbal
lease.
I,
don't
know
the
prevalence
of
one
versus
the
other,
but
if
the
the
property
owner
has
told
someone
to
leave
and
they
haven't
regardless
of
the
type
of
lease
that
may
show
up
as
a
eviction.
Finally,.
F
Do
you
know
how
many
renters
in
our
city
have
month-to-month
leases
or
verbal
leases
versus
a
longer
term,
anecdotally,
in
my
award,
when
when
councilmember
Gordon
was
talking
about
the
folks
who
aren't
captured
by
your
research
because
they're
being
they're
losing
their
homes,
not
from
a
formal
eviction
process,
the
rent
increases
or
for
being
asked
to
leave
or
being
intimidated
by
their
landlords?
I
see
that
frequently
in
buildings
where
people
do
not
have
the
protection
of
the
lease.
F
So
it's
another
area
of
interest
of
mine
is
understanding
if
there
are
ways
that
we
can
incentivize
or
require
people
to
have
the
legal
protection
or
at
least
be
offered
the
protection
of
elyse.
These
buildings
that
are
sold
and
then
rents
significantly
increased
in
the
tenth
Ward
and
across
the
city.
F
Again
often,
they
don't
have
leases
and
they
get.
You
know
days
notice
to
decide
if
they
want
to
stay
on
the
next
month
and
I
know
we're
working
on
some
policy
changes
to
increase
the
amount
of
time
that
people
would
have
to
make
that
decision,
but
is
extremely
disruptive
in
people's
lives
to
have
to
make
a
decision
to
leave
or
stay
in
a
home
where
they
may
have
lived
for
a
decade
or
more
I
also
wondered
if
we
have
any
partnership
with
our
schools
around.
F
I'll
just
mention
again
just
for
the
benefit
of
my
colleagues.
I
was
talking
with
a
school
board
member
last
week
and
he
and
I
were
discussing
our
school-based
clinic.
So
it's
a
partnership
between
the
school
districts
and
the
city
and
I
think
the
presentation
just
came
through
the
Health
Committee,
because
when
we're
cutting
him
chairs
and
we've
often
discussed
an
ability
to
expand
those
school-based
clinics
beyond
just
the
high
schools.
F
But
you
might
think
about
a
way
that
we
could
also
support
more
wraparound
services
in
schools
like
legal
services
or
access
to
information,
and
we
were
particularly
talking
about
the
idea
of
focusing
any
kinds
of
additional
resources
or
programs
in
in
green
zones
or
another
way
to
sort
of
geographically
define
where
we
would
want
to
prioritize.
That
and
I
just
finally
wanted
to
say
that
when
I
read
a
victim
one
of
the
things
that
I
noted
was
the
way
that
the
book
talked
about
landlords
and
to
cousin
we're
good
ones.
F
Point
you
know,
I
think
it's
important
that
we
take
an
aggressive
action
to
protect,
protect
renters
I,
also
know
that
people
who
own
land
and
who
are
landlords
come
from
all
walks
of
life
and
I
think
to
think
about
supportive
ways
that
we
can
help
those
who
actually
may
need
help
as
landlords
and
resources
without
letting
those
stories
be
exploited.
F
For
you
know,
in
a
way
that
would
limit
our
ability
to
help
protect
the
vulnerable
rights
are
in
our
city,
so
I
think
often
when
we
look
at
regulatory
approaches
to
issues,
we
start
to
hear
these
really
hard
stories.
We
heard
a
lot
of
them
during
our
urns,
even
sick
and
minimum
wage
discussions,
where
we
did
hear
from
small
business
owners
who
were
struggling
right
and
we
want
to
find
ways
to
help
support
business
owners
and
landlords.
F
Our
city
that
are
struggling
but
I
also
think
it's
important
for
us
to
keep
in
mind
this
broader
perspective
of
the
scope
of
this
problem
in
our
city
and
I
appreciated
the
approach
that
you
took
to
looking
at
ways.
We
could
focus
first
on
landlords
that
may
be
affecting
high
numbers
of
people,
but
I
also
think,
like
a
number
of
my
colleagues
have
been
asking.
Some
of
these
regulatory
approaches
are
probably
overdue
in
our.
J
E
J
The
reason
why
I
asked
is
just
because
it
seems
to
be
a
very
high
frequency
in
the
fourth
war,
because
we
have
a
large
single-family
housing
stock
and
so
feels
like
that.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
single-family
homes
don't
get
lost
in
the
conversation
a
lot
of
times
we
talk
about
when
we
talk
about
rentals,
we're
talking
about
apartments
and
so
I've
taken
a
particular
interest
even
before
getting
elected
around
the
conduct
on
on
premises,
ordinance
written
in
the
early
90s.
So
it's
really
time
for
it
to
be
revamped.
J
It's
a
behavioral
policy,
so
I
was
just
curious
as
to
if
MPD
has
been
involved
like
with
this
recommendation,
was
MPD
involved
with
it,
because
they
are
the
ones
who
implement
it
and
to
have
they
provided
any
data
on
that
and
where
that
recommended.
I
would
just
like
to
get
more
information
on
why
the
recommendations
are
being
made,
because
I
can
say
that
I
know
from
my
ward
that
that
the
conduct
on
premises
ordinance
has
been
really
ineffective
in
addressing
this.
These
issues.
E
K
Thank
You
mr.
chair,
no
Schuckman,
director
of
regulatory
services
and
mr.
chair,
that's
member
to
your
question.
Chief
Arredondo
and
I
have
had
a
number
of
productive
conversations
about
that
ordinance
and
looking
at
some
of
the
unintended
consequences
that
have
come
out
of
it
and
to
those
point
we
do
have
a
meeting
tomorrow
to
continue
that
conversation
and
expect
to
continue
making
progress
on
that.
A
One
question
wondering
if
you
have
any
information
on
this,
we
talked
about
maybe
a
limited
number
of
landlords
who
are
responsible
for
a
lot
of
this.
I
UK
got
the
impression
when
I
was
looking
at
the
book
evicted
that
there's
also.
This
is
a
lifestyle
that
some
people
end
up
getting
stuck
in
in
terms
of
their
housing
where
they're
somewhere
they
get
evicted
and
then
they
struggle
for
a
while,
maybe
they're
homeless,
and
then
they
find
another
place
to
live
and
they're
there
for
a
while.
A
They
get
evicted
and
I
got
this
impression
that
sometimes
they
even
end
up
back
at
one
of
the
other
places
where
they
were
evicted
from
and
it's
as,
if
they're
being
cycled
through
a
series
of
places.
Do
we
have
any
idea
how
many
people
repeat
this
within
the
five
years
we
looked
at
or
anything
like
that,.
E
A
What
I
appreciate
that,
but
the
last
thing
that
I
wanted
to
say
too,
is
it
that
it?
It
looks
like
to
me
that
most
of
the
information
that
you
have
is
actually
living
somewhere
on
an
EM
Drive,
the
council,
members
don't
have
access
to
and
the
public
doesn't
either.
So
you
referenced
a
report
and
more
information
that
we
could
access.
A
What
I
would
like
to
see
is
if
we
could
put
that
on
the
city
website
and
have
it
linked
to
our
agenda,
so
it
whatever
you
have,
that
is,
you
think,
is
public
information
or
should
be
let's
post
it
up
there.
So
we
can
dig
deeper
into
the
details
if
we
want
to
it's
a
council
or
staff,
but
also
so
the
public
has
access
to
it.
So
maybe
you
can
you
can
work.
K
C
A
E
We
do
not
know,
we
don't
know
that
from
the
court
records.
Okay,
I
believe
that
in
the
research
that
Kyra
is
doing
their
whole
ideas
to
unravel
why
it
was
that
a
tenant
wasn't
paying
rent.
So
we
may
not
know
it
in
a
statistically
reliable
form,
but
we
will
have
some
betters
or
case
studies
and
exemplars.
Okay,.
A
Don't
see
any
other
comments
or
questions,
this
has
been
very
helpful.
Very
informative,
I
think
we'll
probably
be
see
some
action
coming
up
in
terms
of
policy
from
the
council
in
the
weeks
ahead.
The
only
action
we
have
to
take
on
that
I
guess
is
to
move
to
receive
and
file.
So
I'll
make
that
motion
all
those
in
favor.
Please
say
aye
any
opposed,
all
right
that
is
taken
care
of
and
then
there's
no
further
business
before
so.
This
meeting
is
adjourned.