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 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…
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…
A Saint Paul property tax abatement program for landlords is keeping 2,244 apartments in 289 buildings affordable to households making 60 percent of the Twin Cities area median income (AMI). The City Council, acting as the Housing and Redevelopment Authority…
With financing in hand, CommonBond Communities can proceed to build 60 units of affordable housing for low-income seniors at Highland Bridge. The Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority board approved a tax increment financing (TIF) agreement on September 28 with…
A bridal shop in downtown’s Pioneer-Endicott Building has received a $25,000 city loan to aid in opening its doors. The Saint Paul Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) board approved the loan on April 27 for La Noire Bridal.The shop is…
Funds are extended to businesses affected by the fallout of pandemic. Nineteen months after civil unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic laid waste to a portion of the commercial landscape in Saint Paul—and one year after the city approved $1 million…
Residential garbage rates to rise around $7 in Saint Paul next year Residents of single-family to four-unit dwellings in Saint Paul will pay about $7 more a year for garbage service in 2021, according to a report presented to the…
By Jane McClure A plan to expand the area where tax increment financing (TIF) from the 122-acre Highland Bridge development may be spent was unanimously recommended for approval by the Saint Paul Planning Commission on September 4. The plan now…
Property damage, loss of inventory in city tops $81 million markBy Jane McClureThree hundred thirty Saint Paul businesses incurred $73 million in property damage and $8.8 million in lost inventory and other assets in the civil unrest that followed the…
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