The Minnesota House of Representatives passed the Homeowners’ Bill of Rights Sunday afternoon with a unanimous vote!
The bill is now headed to Governor Dayton’s desk and it will soon become law.
ST. PAUL (April 10, 2013) — In his 2013 State of the City address, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak referenced the city’s support for a strong Homeowners’ Bill of Rights. “I want to reiterate the City’s support for another effort to close disparities in housing: the Homeowners’ Bill of Rights,” Rybak said in prepared remarks for the speech given earlier today at the Walker Arts Center. “Currently at the Legislature, it’s a common-sense measure,” the Mayor continued.
By Marlys Harris | 03/29/13
To see such a sight on an ordinary residential street in a spanking new Brooklyn Park subdivision was a bit of a shock: some 20 clergy and their followers carrying a huge cross of rough wood lashed together with rope and studded with nails. While chanting prayers, they lay down their burden on a modern-day Golgotha, the driveway of a four-bedroom, two-and-a-half bath home that had gone into foreclosure after its owner lost his job.
ST. PAUL, February 27 — A new report released today by ISAIAH and other Minnesota-based community organizations highlights the economic and spiritual crisis that foreclosures have had on our communities and families. It was officially released this afternoon in an event on the south steps of the State Capitol where hundreds of concerned Minnesotans joined state legislators and leaders of various faith traditions to discuss the devastating impact.
