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From YouTube: August 24, 2022 Highlight $2.7 M Investment in Minneapolis Public Housing Press Conference
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Mayor Jacob Frey, Council Member Emily Koski, Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) Executive Director Abdi Warsame, MPHA Board Chair Tom Hoch, and CPED Director Andrea Brennan highlighted the mayor’s proposed 2023-2024 investment in MPHA.
Last week, Mayor Frey gave his 2023 budget address where he proposed $2.7 million in one-time MPHA funding over the next two years to be used for immediate needs and emergency repairs.
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It
used
to
be
largely
done
on
a
one-time
basis,
but
those
one-time
funds
they
dry
up
when
times
are
tough
and
that's
when
you
need
to
double
down
to
make
sure
that
people
have
a
safe
place
to
live.
They
have
an
affordable
home,
they
have
that
place
where
they
can
go
home
to
at
the
end
of
the
night.
It's
all
the
more
important,
and
so
what
we've
done
in
our
budgets
is
we've
baked
that
funding
in
on
an
ongoing
basis.
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It's
that
where
we
are
working
with
our
minneapolis
public
housing
authority
to
make
sure
that
people
of
lower
incomes
have
that
safe
and
affordable
place
to
live,
and
that
is
a
critical
component
of
what
we
do
overall
now
public
housing
has
been
underfunded,
has
been
disinvested
from
for
decades.
Now
many
many
presidents
going
all
the
way
back
to
the
early
80s
have
said
that
we
don't
care
as
much
about
our
public
housing
and
or
they
just
haven't
funded
it
at
the
levels
that
we
need
to
see
in
the
city.
A
Excuse
me
several
years
ago,
we
invested
about
two
million
dollars
in
the
elliott
towers,
and
that
was
for
a
full,
rehab
and
refurbishing,
and
there
were
a
lot
of
people
that
said
that
this
refurbishing
and
the
tool
that
we
were
using
to
do
it
was
going
to
either
deliver
privatization
or
was
going
to
displace
residents
from
their
homes.
That
did
not
happen.
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Every
single
resident
that
wanted
to
return
had
the
ability
to
do
so
in
the
elliott
towers,
and
this
year
we
got
to
double
down
even
further,
because
we
know
there
are
emergency
repairs
that
need
to
be
made
and
if
those
emergency
repairs
aren't
made.
Quite
simply,
people
can't
live
in
these
homes
and
so
we're
stepping
up
with
an
additional
2.7
million
dollars.
That's
one
million
ongoing
2.7
million
dollars
additional
for
3.7
million
dollars
in
total
to
do
that.
A
Now
importantly,
we
can't
just
stop
at
the
3.7
million
dollars
in
total,
with
the
2.7
million
dollars
ongoing.
We
can't
stop
there.
We
know
that
the
backlog
is
far
more
severe.
We
know
that
these
homes
need
emergency
repairs.
We
know
that
people
quite
simply
need
a
place
to
live,
and
so
here's
what
today
is
about
it's
to
highlight
the
work
underway,
but
it's
also
to
send
out
an
invitation.
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We're
going
to
immediately
begin
working
on
the
next
steps,
along
with
our
public
housing
partners,
to
make
sure
that
the
emergency
repairs
can
take
place,
that
we
can
begin
to
solve
this
very
severe
backlog
and
that
we
can
add
units
at
homes
for
people
that
need
them.
This
is
a
big
big
deal
right
now
in
our
city.
There
are
cities
across
the
country
that
are
experiencing
it
in
minneapolis.
A
B
B
As
you
know,
in
a
few
a
few
short
weeks,
the
budget
committee
will
begin
diving
into
the
mayor's
2023-2024
recommended
budget
and
I'm
looking
forward
to
leading
the
process.
As
the
chair
of
the
budget
committee,
I
believe
that
budgets
are
a
reflection
of
our
values
and
our
priorities,
and
the
mayor's
recommended
budget
shows
that
the
city
of
minneapolis,
prioritizes
city
capacity
and
performance,
climate
and
public
health,
economic
inclusion,
public
safety
and,
of
course,
affordable
housing.
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B
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C
C
However,
as
the
mayor
was
saying,
these
homes
are
at
risk
because
of
the
chronic
underfunding
from
the
federal
government
that
we
have
received
it's
hard
to
maintain,
just
as
you
know,
with
your
house,
it's
hard
to
maintain
your
home.
If
you
don't
have
money,
so
the
housing
authority
needs
these
resources
in
order
to
continue
to
provide
quality,
safe
housing
to
residents
who
need
it
today.
C
Few
people
are
aware
that
we
have
a
capital
improvement
backlog
of
over
170
million
dollars
throughout
our
entire
inventory
of
housing,
and
31
million
of
that
is
expressly
for
needed
for
scattered
site
housing.
These
are
houses
that
have
to
be
maintained
in
order
to
provide
the
safe
sanitary
housing
that
people
and
families
in
particular
need
it's
going
to
take
local
partnerships,
just
like
the
one.
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A
Thank
you,
chair
hoke.
Next
up
is
the
executive
director
of
minneapolis
public
housing
authority,
abdi
warsami.
This
is
an
individual
that
is
doing
an
incredible
job,
both
at
making
sure
that
the
nuts
and
bolts
of
of
public
housing
are
covered,
but
also
he's
been
sounding.
The
alarm
he's
been
sounding
the
alarm,
because
these
repairs
and
maintenance
improvements
are
are
long
overdue.
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When
you
have
that
kind
of
deferred
maintenance,
it
stacks
on
each
other,
the
the
prices
and
the
costs
they
stack
up
and
he's
rightfully
calling
this
out
as
a
major
issue
that
we
are
going
to
need
to
confront
together.
Let
me
bring
up
my
very,
very
good
friend,
ally
and
and
wonderful
colleague,
abdi
warsami.
Thank
you.
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This
new
money
builds
on
the
city's
1
million
annual
contribution
to
mpha
and
complements
a
number
of
other
recent
major
city
investments
to
the
agency.
This
includes
a
2.15
million
dollars
towards
fire
suppression
and
a
2.3
million
dollars
towards
the
elliott
twins
redevelopment
that
mayor
frye
mentioned
earlier.
This
proposal
is
a
major
step.
D
It's
a
forward
step
for
the
agency,
creating
a
new
high-water
mark
in
the
partnership
between
mpha
and
the
city
of
minneapolis.
But,
more
importantly,
this
new
investment
will
help.
The
agency
live
out
its
mission
to
support
the
most
vulnerable
members
of
our
community.
The
new
2.7
million
dollars
will
go
directly
to
the
agency's
portfolio
of
deeply
affordable
family
housing
scattered
across
the
city,
helping
bring
five
new
homes
online,
while
also
making
important
repairs
and
improvements
throughout
the
portfolio.
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D
This
unit
is
one
of
more
than
700
deeply
affordable,
single
family,
duplex
and
fourplexes
scattered
across
all
thirteen
walls
of
the
city
of
minneapolis.
They
serve
more
than
three
thousand
one
hundred
people.
These
homes
account
for
more
than
eighty
percent
of
mpha's
housing
available
for
families
with
children
of
the
residents.
88
are
black,
85
percent
are
female-led
and
more
than
half
have
children
more
than
five
children.
Currently,
this
five-bedroom
unit
is
uninhabited
because
it
has
an
estimated
backlog
of
two
hundred
thousand
dollars.
D
There
are
four
other
homes,
ranging
from
two
to
five
bedrooms
in
wards
nine
and
twelve.
That
will
also
be
repaired
with
the
money
in
the
mayor's
proposed
budget.
All
told
the
agency
will
spend
more
than
one
million
dollars
of
this
new
money,
repairing
these
five
homes
and
and
making
sure
that
we
have
families
in
these
vibrant
neighborhoods.
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D
Today,
67
percent
of
these
of
the
residents
who
live
in
our
scatter
sites
are
employed
earning
more
than
thirty
six
thousand
six
hundred
and
thirty
nine
dollars
a
year.
With
more
than
sixty
percent
of
these
residents
earned
income
has
increased
while
they've
been
living
in
the
scottish
side
homes
better.
Yet
since
two
since
2020
17
of
all
families
leaving
these
homes
have
gone
on
to
purchase
their
own
homes,
but
don't
just
take
my
word
for
it.
D
I'm
happy
to
have
khalid
muhammad,
a
scatter
site
resident
who
can
talk
about
what
living
in
one
of
these
deeply
affordable
homes
has
meant
for
him
and
his
family.
We're
also
joined
by
a
few
additional
scada
site
families
to
celebrate
with
us
today,
but
before
I
turn
over
to
mpha's
board.
Before
I
turn
over
to
our
cpa,
director,
andrea
brennan,
I
want
to
thank
mayor
frye
for
his
leadership
and
for
his
continued
commitment
to
the
well-being
of
mpha
residents.
D
While
our
region
faces
a
housing
affordability
crisis,
you,
mr
mayor,
have
continued
to
make
the
necessary
critical
investment
in
producing
and
preserving
deeply
affordable
housing
and
preserving
the
agency's
700
plus
chr
homes
will
provide
quality
well
maintained,
deeply
affordable
homes
for
approximately
3
800
families
over
the
next
30
years.
Now
this
is
not
individuals.
This
is
3
800
families
over
the
next
30
years
now
I'll
hand
it
over
to
andrea
brennan
the
cpec
director.
Now
I'm
going
to
hand
it
over
to
the
mayor
to
introduce.
E
Thank
you,
fd.
I'm
andrea
brennan,
director
of
the
community
planning
and
economic
development
department
for
the
city
of
minneapolis,
and
I
just
want
to
highlight
another
aspect
of
the
partnership
between
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
minneapolis.
Public
housing
authority,
as
well
as
the
private
development
community
and
also
in
in
mayor
frye's
proposed
budget,
is
18
million
dollars
for
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund.
E
This
is
a
significant
increase
from
last
year's
budget
of
15
million,
and
one
of
the
things
that
the
city
does
with
the
affordable
housing
trust
fund.
Is
it
leverages
other
resources,
so
other
federal
resources,
state
resources,
county
resources
to
the
tune
of
fifteen
dollars
for
every
dollar
that's
invested
and
the
city
has
quadrupled
through
its
investments,
the
production
of
deeply
affordable
housing,
so
housing
that
serves
individuals
and
families
with
incomes
that
are
below
30
percent
of
the
area.
E
So
again,
this
partnership
with
between
the
city
and
mpha
is
a
really
critical
strategy
to
produce
more
deeply
affordable
housing
and
again
really
reflects
the
city's
strategy
of
a
both
and
approach
of
preserving
the
critical
housing
that
we
have
like
the
one
that
we're
standing
in
front
of,
as
well
as
producing
new,
affordable
housing
and,
in
particular,
deeply
affordable
housing.
Thanks.
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E
D
G
F
Yeah,
thank
you.
We
have
a
31
million
dollar
backlog
of
capital
needs
in
our
scattered
sites.
This
money
coming
from
the
city
is
a
tremendous
help.
Over
the
last
few
years,
we've
been
able
to
move
from
one
million
dollar
annual
investments
to
repair
these
sites
to
three
about
three
million
dollars.
So
this
new
proposed
investment
from
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
the
mayor's
budget
almost
moves
us
to
six
times
what
we've
had
in
the
past.
F
So
it's
a
it's
a
great
reinvestment
back
to
this
properties.
We
still
have
a
lot
more.
A
lot
of
our
properties
need
stabilization.
They
need
roofs,
they
need
new
kitchens.
They
need
to
do
bathrooms,
they
need
updates
to
their
plumbing
or
heating
systems.
This
house
has
a
lot
of
those
issues
we
can
walk
through
and
we've
been
only
able
to
with
our
past
dollars.
F
Just
do
band-aid
repairs,
small
fixes
along
the
way
and
had
to
make
this
hard
decisions
about
taking
units
offline
that
we
couldn't
get
repaired
in
time
to
make
them
habitable
for
our
residents,
so
that
the
investment
really
goes
to
both
structural
and
also
helping
make
these
homes
more
livable
inside.
With
updates
kitchens
and
bathrooms.
A
You
know
we're
gonna,
the
city
of
minneapolis
is
gonna
lead
in
that
we're
gonna
step
up
in
a
major
way
right
now
to
start
out
with
these
emergency
repairs
and
maintenance
that
need
to
take
place
in
the
immediacy,
but
there's
a
long
road
here
and
on
that
long
road,
we're
calling
on
everybody
to
come
to
the
table.
Other
jurisdictions
are
need
going
to
need
to
work
with
us,
because
the
city
cannot
do
it
alone.