Advocating Opportunities for Shelter and Housing for our Vulnerable Neighbors
Emergency Shelters Need Additional Funding
80 of Minnesota’s 87 counties lack needed shelter beds, far too many Minnesotans are sleeping in vans, cars, or outside. We need to do better.
Seniors, those with mental health issues and persons of color are disproportionately represented in our homeless population. We know that shelter saves lives and provides dignity to these struggling Minnesotans.
Funding for emergency shelter is currently being discussed in the Health and Human Services Conference Committee. Contact your Senator TODAY to urge support for the House provisions investing in shelter capital funding and funding the costs of those spaces through the Emergency Services Program. If you have an additional five minutes, please call the Co-chairs of that committee as well:
Senator Jim Abeler: 651-296-3733
Representative Jen Schultz: 651-296-2228
Share Your Concerns and Your Stories
Individual stories are so impactful. Share what you see in your community and neighborhood and where you volunteer. Help legislators understand why immediate, full-time access to sports betting will be harmful. Tell them about the people you see who can’t afford a place to live. And share that you are a person of faith and urge them to act justly.
You can find out who represents you and how to contact them by using this link: Who Represents Me?
Please make these two contacts today.
Eviction filings have soared over 65% since RentHelpMN closed abruptly due to lack of funds. 1 in 3 homes in Minnesota may have lead paint. The Minnesota House of Representatives current rental assistance bills include approximately $59 million, with $49 million of that for resources similar to emergency rental assistance.
Please contact your State Senator and Representative Find Your Legislator
to let them know rental assistance is essential to Minnesota families and should be included at the highest levels possible.
1 in 3 homes in Minnesota may have lead paint. Protect our children from being poisoned by Lead Paint. Support the Lead Safe Homes Bill.
Call or email these Legislative Leaders TODAY:
Speaker of the House Melissa Hortman
Phone: 651-296-4280
E-mail: rep.melissa.hortman@house.mn
Majority Leader of the Senate Jeremy Miller
Phone: 651-296-5649
E-mail: sen.jeremy.miller@senate.mn
Governor Tim Walz & Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan
Phone: 651-201-3400
Contact Form: https://mn.gov/governor/contact/
Suggested message:
My name is __ and I live at [___address & city___].
Please support Rental Assistance Now, which is desperately needed by Minnesota families across our state. RentHelpMN closed with only a few days’ notice and we need $330 million to serve qualifying households with this pandemic-related assistance. COVID- 19 cases have doubled since mid-March and evictions are skyrocketing, increasing displacement and homelessness for many households. Keeping renters stably housed by preventing evictions for those unable to pay the rent keeps our families and communities safe. 1 in 3 homes in Minnesota may have lead paint. Protect our children from being poisoned by Lead Paint. I support the Lead Safe Homes SF 1077 and HF 616.