Exemptions for new construction and affordable housing and for apartments that become vacant have been added to Saint Paul’s new rent control ordinance. The City Council voted 5-2 on September 21 to adopt the amendments, which will take effect on…
Marri Renne writes about why rent control is a bad idea (MyVillager Inbox, August 3). She gives a detailed account of the effects of Saint Paul’s new rent control ordinance on her ability as a landlord to improve her property…
The changing housing market around the University of Saint Thomas is the focus of a new study that has been commissioned by the West Summit Neighborhood Advisory Committee. WSNAC voted on August 9 to earmark $20,000 to $30,000 for the…
Rent control is bound to failRegarding the letter to the editor from Marri Renne (“Rent control is still a bad idea,” MyVillager Inbox, August 3): With rent control, there will be increased property taxes for all homeowners. The value of…
Work continues at Highland Bridge on new rowhouses, a new medical office building, new senior housing and supportive housing and the nearly completed Weidner Apartments/Lunds & Byerlys mixed-use development. However, the construction of all other new apartment buildings has been…
The vast majority of the fees charged for Saint Paul city services are increasing 1.5 percent in 2022. However, the owners of rental housing, commercial buildings, vacant buildings, and buildings with elevators can expect to see much steeper city fee…
Major partner pulls out because of rent control and inflation concerns. Construction of the six-story Lexington Station apartment building at 411-417 N. Lexington Pkwy. has been put on hold. Minneapolis-based developer Alatus had hoped to begin construction early next year.…
By Danielle Swift, June Blue and Monica Bravo From the West Side to the North End, from Frogtown to the Greater East Side, everyone in Saint Paul should have a safe and stable place to call home. Our community is…
By Cecil Smith Prospective renters look for two basic things when choosing housing. Besides location, the number of bedrooms, the kitchen layout, the size of the closets and other amenities, a renter looks for a place that feels safe and…
The Saint Paul City Council was surprised to learn in late October that the tenant protections ordinance that is scheduled to take effect on March 1, 2021, will carry a cost of almost $500,000 next year. The city’s Office of…
Apartment buildings may bear the brunt of property tax increases in 2021 By Jane McClure Some Saint Paul homeowners are likely to get a break in 2021 from the seemingly perennial large property tax increases. Although the Saint Paul Public…
Pandemic puts a small, hopefully short-lived dent in rental market By Frank Jossi The Harper, the new five-story apartment building at the corner of Selby and Snelling avenues, opened in March, just in time to suffer through the first few…
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