Evictions on the rise in MN— a crisis ‘bigger than before’ the pandemic, committee hears

By Tessa Pieper House Session Daily

Over 22,000 evictions were filed in Minnesota last year. In other words, one in 30 renter households across the state faced an eviction.

Rachael Sterling, a housing attorney at HOME Line, told the House Housing Finance and Policy Committee Tuesday that the eviction crisis didn’t start when the eviction moratorium phaseout expired in 2022. She said that it was going on prior to the pandemic, but it is still here and bigger than before.

Ron Elwood, a supervising attorney at Mid-

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Black and white are polar opposites, a dichotomy of extremes, as far apart as two colors – or peoples –could ever be, making it more difficult on a visceral level to recognize how we are more the same than different when viewed exclusively through a diametric prism.

If we must go with colors, perhaps we should identify Americans of European and African ancestries as Vanilla and Chocolate, respectively. These two flavors actually go well together, and on a gradient spectrum you can

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Minnesota Legal Assistance, shared the driving factors behind housing struggles that his organization has noticed. These include housing unaffordability, the length of time it takes to make new units accessible, the gap between the need and availability of rental assistance, the court process and the current challenge of finding housing with an eviction filing on record.

“On the one side of the ledger, landlord’s and the public’s legitimate right to know who they’re renting to is absolutely important,” Elwood said. “But on the other hand, an eviction filing is merely an allegation, an unproven allegation, but it becomes a connect the dots from one color to the other fairly simply. Not as easy to do with the stark divide between black and white.

While we’re at it, we definitely need to get rid the inherently racist, ‘minority.’ What the hell is a minority ? What makes one a minority? Think about it. A minority is foremost any ‘non-white’ person. But there really are no ‘white’ people. The term is a euphemism for ‘us’ and ‘them;’ ‘legitimate’ Americans versus the others I was amazed as a college freshman, the first time in my life I had ever attended school with, or otherwise been in a predominant environment among, Caucasians. I realized immediately that in their interactions with one another they did not identify care, and an economy that works better for everyone. House DFLers share these goals and values,” scarlet letter regardless of the outcomes or merits of the case. It follows a person for at least seven years.”

Working with tenants, landlords and attorneys, Brittani Walker helps facilitate the process of rental assistance during court proceedings.

As a case management assistant with Hennepin County, Walker said: “The underlying issue that I see is that these tenants don’t know their rights, they are not allowed enough time to round up funds that they need, and the lack of compassion and understanding of their situation which most times is out of their control.”

Both a tenant in St. Paul and a tenant organizer as white . There was abundant ethno-cultural preening at The Mount

The students’ bumper stickers were revealing: German kids: “Geil!”, Awesome; Irish kids: Erin go Bragh , Ireland forever; and the Italians: “La Dolce Vita,” The Sweet Life. Never saw ‘White Power!’

Is it only when Caucasians are compared to ‘minorities’ that they readily identify as white?

Many ‘whites’ who relish their ‘majority’ status, and those who have denigrated ‘minorities,’ have conveniently forgotten the treatment of their own non-Anglo-Saxon ethnic ancestors.

Color notwithstanding, the largest ancestral group in America are those of German

Park) said in a statement. “I commend the Governor for proposing a bold budget with an inspirational vision for our future. I look forward to our continued partnership as we craft our budget.”

Republicans, however, offered forceful criticisms during an afternoon press conference.

“In a time there is a record surplus, $17.6 billion, Minnesotans are expecting to have that back,” said House Minority Leader Lisa Demuth (R-Cold Spring). “Unfortunately, what we heard today is Minnesota is spending and it’s going to cost Minnesotans a little bit more to be here. That was a little bit surprising. If we can’t cut taxes now, when can we?”

While Republicans are open to the rebate checks, Demuth said they would rather see the governor focus on permanent tax cuts, including the elimination of the state tax on Social Security income.

Lots of movement on taxes

Emphasizing Minnesota’s history of progressive taxation, Walz plainly stated that he intends to continue that tradition.

Primarily, he would like to send checks directly to Minnesota residents. Individuals making less than $75,000 a with HOME Line, Katherine Banbury spoke on behalf of tenants who could not attend the informational hearing, whether because they could not take time off work or they fear retaliation from landlords should they choose to testify. extraction, more than 1 in 6. Despite nearly six million Germans immigrating to the U.S. between 1820 and 1930, ethnic Germans were openly discriminated against during the period covering the 1 st and 2 nd World Wars, suffering harassment, internment, and lynchings.

She shared stories of late payments due to work injuries or lost jobs, as well as the tenants’ challenges finding rental assistance after an eviction or consequential homelessness.

“Families with small children, vulnerable adults, and minorities are particularly at risk for losing their homes without rental assistance,” said Jacfar Khalif, an organizer at New American Development Center.

Americans of Irish ancestry are currently nearly 1 in 10 of the U.S. population, 9.7%. During the height of their migration to the U.S., between 1850 and 1920, more than 3.5 million settled here. They faced similar discrimination as the Germans. Even the first Irish American president of the United States in 1960, John F. Kennedy, faced open ethnic hostility and anti-Catholic sentiment.

Italian Americans, 1 in 20 of the U.S. population, faced virulent prejudice during year would receive $1,000 and families earning under $150,000 a year would be eligible for $2,000. Households would also qualify for an extra $200 per dependent (with a limit of three). This money would be non-taxable and would come out of the surplus, totaling nearly $4 billion.

Tax credits for child care costs are on the table for families making under $200,000. This would total over $1 billion over four years. Meanwhile, tax credits tailored specifically for lower-income families would result in tax cuts of $1.1 billion in 2024-25 and $1.2 billion in 2026-27.

In regards to seniors and the contentious state tax on Social Security benefits, Walz would keep it in place but reduce this tax burden to the tune of $219 million.

Revenue Commissioner Paul Marquart said those actions would cut child poverty by 25% and reduce Social Security taxes for around 90% of seniors, respectively.

Walz would like to see an increase on one stream of income, however: capital gains. He proposes a 1.5% surcharge on capital gains and dividends exceeding $500,000 and a 4% surcharge on those exceeding $1 million.

As one-third of the current American Caucasian population, whose recent ancestors were considered ‘minorities’ and who were the victims of bigotry, harassment, discrimination, and violence, one might imagine that there would be greater sensitivity and empathy among today’s ‘whites’ towards so-called ‘minorities’ and immigrants.

In three to five generations these formerly marginalized immigrants have fully assimilated and assumed the mantle of majority ‘white’ status with all the inherent rights,

Other budget priorities

“Prohibition doesn’t work,” said Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, referring to marijuana and the DFL’s hopes to legalize adult-use cannabis this session. The budget calls for funding to establish an Office of Cannabis Management to regulate a legal marketplace.

Over $750 million is recommended to fund cleaner transportation across the state. This would include purchasing electric buses to replace diesel buses operated by the Metropolitan Council, providing matching state funds for dollars headed Minnesota’s way from the federal government, and expanding the state’s electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

As for transit?

Per his budget, “The governor recommends enactment of a 1/8th cent sales tax in the seven-county metropolitan area, beginning in October of 2023, to expand investment in the regional transit system. The funds will be used with other federal, state and local resources to assist in addressing the operating and capital needs of the Metropolitan Council’s transit programs.”

Previously announced priorities Today’s presentation capped off a series of privileges, and prejudices that attach. How do they view contemporary African Americans and other marginalized minorities ?

Well, again, what the hell is a minority? It’s been debunked that the artificial skin-color metric is a bogus measure of who is a minority. If we consider ethnicity as a measure, then people of Hispanic heritage are nearly 1 in 5; Germans, 1 in 6; and African Americans, 1 in 8 announcements coming from the governor over the last week. This included education, where Walz would like to increase the general education funding formula by 4% in 2024 and 2% in 2025; reduce the special education cross subsidy for local school districts by 50%; and institute universal school meals. This would amount to over $3 billion.

Despite 4-years of Trump’s menacing and malfeasance, racism and raunchiness, lying and larceny, insolence and insurrection, nearly 3 of 5 Caucasian Americans still gave the Odd-Toddler their vote. These people have clearly defined who they are. Who are we?

A package to broadly invest in Minnesota’s economic future, highlighted by a paid family and medical leave program, adds up to $4.1 billion. Walz believes this will make the state more competitive when it comes to attracting and retaining a high-quality workforce.

Additionally, $1.5 billion is included to expand access to affordable housing, with a special emphasis on eliminating veteran homelessness statewide. A public safety package totaling $300 million would also be distributed to city, county, and tribal governments.

Individual departments will be presenting their budgetary requests in greater detail to the relevant House committees in the coming weeks. A bonding proposal is also expected from the governor’s office on Thursday.