Six Summit-University dwellings will be acquired by the Rondo Community Land Trust as part of an effort to preserve affordable housing in Saint Paul. The City Council, acting as the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA), recently earmarked $1.37 million in…
The Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority took action on February 22 to keep the Project Home family shelter operating in Highland Park for at least another year. The HRA amended a joint powers agreement with Ramsey County and allocated…
Plans to relocate the Listening House drop-in day shelter for people who are homeless to the former Red’s Savoy building at 421 E. Seventh St. continued to draw objections from neighbors during a public hearing on February 22 before the…
The historic Justus Ramsey House was being dismantled this week on the patio at Burger Moe’s, 242 W. Seventh St. Removal of the roof on February 15 meant the limestone walls could start being removed piece by piece and packed…
Saint Paul’s Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) board on January 11 approved the issuance of up to $40 million in conduit, multifamily revenue bonds to assist with the acquisition and rehabilitation of two affordable apartment buildings in downtown. Florida-based Affordable…
Homebuyer and home rehab help is expanded for the progeny of those displaced by I-94 project. The city of Saint Paul’s efforts to compensate Rondo neighborhood homeowners displaced six decades ago by the construction of I-94 took several key steps…
The Saint Paul City Council will have a majority of new members in 2024, with four of the seven incumbents stepping down at the end of next year. The latest to announce he will not seek reelection is Ward 3’s…
The preliminary design for Keystone’s new food center on University Avenue. Images by 4RM+ULA Architects Keystone Community Services’ planned new food center at 1790-1800 University Ave. has just gotten a $1.7 million lift. The Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority…
The Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) board voted 5-2 on November 9 to give preliminary approval to issuing up to $13.5 million in conduit revenue bonds for the renovation of Higher Ground Academy, 1381 Marshall Ave.Mitra Jalali and…
The Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority board awarded $426,200 in low-income housing tax credits on November 9 to the Twin Cities Housing Development Corporation (TCHDC) for its Selby Commons and Wilkins Townhomes projects, now known as Selby Wilkins.The HRA…
Saint Paul property owners should be receiving mailed notices this month of their estimated property taxes for 2023. The estimates are based on the maximum property tax levies established earlier this fall by Ramsey County, the city of Saint Paul…
Renovation of the former Red’s Savoy Pizza at 421 E. Seventh St. for use as a day shelter for people who are homeless has resumed. A group of nearby commercial and residential property owners filed suit in August against Listening…
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