More Neighbors is at the Capitol testifying in support of .... more neighbors in Minnesota!
Featuring: Connor Carroll, Anna Nelson, Benjamin Olsen, and many other friends and partners. #YestoHomes #StarterHomesAct

The Yes to Homes coalition includes: AARP MN ACER Americans for Prosperity Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota Catalyst for Systems Change Central Minnesota Builder's Association DFL Environmental Caucus Doyenne Development East Metro Strong Engage Winona Greater Minnesota Housing Fund Groundbreak Coalition Habitat for Humanity MN Homes for All Housing First Minnesota Housing in Action (formerly Urban Homeworks) Housing Justice Center Institute for Justice ISAIAH / Faith in MN Jewish Community Action Landon Group MICAH Minnesota Housing Partnership MN Consortium of Community Developers (MCCD) Move MN Action National Association of Social Workers, MN Chapter Neighbors for More Neighbors Project for Pride in Living SEIU Healthcare MN & IA Sustain St. Paul Sustainable Developers Collaborative Twin Cities Yimby YIGBY MN

The #YesToHomes coalition has a strong turn out today from numerous partners across our coalition for #HF3895. The room is relatively full with people turning out to support more homes in Minnesota.

Back to Back hearings for us today. The Pause Evictions Save Lives at city hall this morning is wrapping up.

Coming up at 3pm we will also be covering the Starter Homes Act hearing in the House Housing committee.

Stay tuned here for updates.

#YesToHomes #HF3895 #MNleg

Faced with a housing crisis, this southern Minnesota city is saying yes to experimental builds Over the summer, the New Ulm City Council voted in favor of tiny homes, shed houses and zoning flexibility.

It’s great to see New Ulm expand its housing options, but with MN short over 100k homes, we cannot afford to wait for other cities to do the same.

It’s time for a regional approach: #YestoHomes legislation.

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In Minnesota, it now takes a six-figure income to buy a home House prices in the state are rising faster than incomes, making homeownership — long a marker of middle class status — out of reach for many.

💸 You shouldn’t need to make six figures to buy a home — but in much of Minnesota, you do.

It’s time for the #mnleg to say #YesToHomes: make it easier to build more housing, end exclusionary zoning, and help Minnesotans find a stable place to call home. 🏡
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A rural holdout is now one of the Twin Cities’ fastest-growing suburbs Northwest metro suburbs mushroomed around rural Dayton, which is now reckoning with explosive growth of its own and pressure from its neighbors to address it.

This is sprawl. 🗞️Read all about it. It's bad for all (including climate). #YesToHomes but not everywhere.
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Our twin cities are making progress to fill the gap but it’s not enough. We invite cousins in the suburbs & greater MN to make it easier to build more homes. I look forward to the help of these 2 fantastic mission-driven nonprofits to help us make the changes we need at the state level.
#YestoHomes

Legislature missed an opportunity to juice homebuilding again this year • Minnesota Reformer Legislators chose to allow the cities to delay addressing our housing shortage, to deny they are part of the problem, and to continue to exclude Minnesotans.

Every Minnesotan deserves a high-quality home in the community they choose. But too many communities still ban the kinds of housing everyday people can afford. 😤

That's why we'll be back at the Capitol next year, calling on lawmakers to say #YesToHomes! 🏡 📣

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Care about reducing our collective Twin Cities carbon footprint? Do you live in the suburbs? Email your state representative and state senator - tell them to support #yestohomes bills in next year's session, and stop individual small cities from holding back our state's progress.

Congratulations on a great celebration and a productive year building toward the future! Looking forward to continued partnership as we help Minnesota say #yestohomes next year.

Neighbors for More Neighbors and friends end of session celebration. June 30th at 6pm to 8pm. 411 N Washington Ave. Food. Drinks. Games. with silent auction! Come see this year's art at full size, and maybe take one home! Party in one week. RSVP today so we buy enough food. RSVP Today, Party Tomorrow.

Join us tomorrow! We will have food, games, and a silent art auction starting 6pm at 411 N Washington Ave.

Help us celebrate and join us as we continue the fight for more homes in Minnesota. RSVP: actionnetwork.org/events/end-o...
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Evan *knows* what he is talking about. Legislators, pay attention for the 2025-2026 session and help us build more affordable, family-sized homes, please! cc #mnleg #yestohomes @moreneighbors.org

There is about one week until our end of session celebration on June 30th! Please RSVP today so we can buy enough food for everyone. Then join us next Monday for food, games, and a silent auction for the art we commissioned this year. #YesToHomes

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Neighbors for More Neighbors and friends end of session celebration. June 30th at 6pm to 8pm. 411 N Washington Ave. Food. Drinks. Games. with silent auction! Come see this year's art at full size, and maybe take one home! The art is slightly larger than our last post about this event.

Join fellow Neighbors for More Neighbors volunteers + friends as we celebrate the wins, hard work, and impact we made together during the 2025 Minnesota State legislative session! #YesToHomes .

RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/end-o...

Neighbors for More Neighbors and friends end of session celebration. June 30th at 6pm to 8pm. 411 N Washington Ave. Food. Drinks. Games. with silent auction! Come see this year's art at full size, and maybe take one home!

Come and join us for our end of session celebration on June 30th. We'll be celebrating our 600+ volunteers who took action to build a future with more homes in Minnesota. #YesToHomes

RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/end-o...

A quote: A baseline on zoning, like the baseline on building code, will create clarity about what is allowed statewide and allow new homes to be built. It’s time for cities to stop blocking the new homes we desperately need. by Brit Anbacht @britvulcan.net , N4MN Volunteer, Readers Write, Star Tribune, 5/9/25

Cities say they're doing just fine, but we've already tried local control and now we're 100k homes short.

Read more about what #YesToHomes and our #MNleg champions Rep. Mike Howard & @lindseyportmn.bsky.social want to build more homes in today's Star Tribune.
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This also included the A-19 amendment which limits cities power to require HOAs.
Cities in MN are using HOAs to do things like force front yards to be owned by the HOA rather than by homeowners.
HOAs can still be formed for parks, pools, and other amenities. As chosen by residents. #YesToHomes

@erinmayequade.bsky.social taking about how her parents can’t downsize bc there are not enough homes.

“I’m not afraid of beige vinyl siding. I grew up in a home with blue vinyl siding. “ support for the #yestohomes agenda. Thank you EMQ!

#YestoHomes co-chair Anne Mavity testifying in support that the status quo is not working by viewing the outcomes of a housing shortage of 100k homes.

40 units at a time is not enough to address our shortage.

Local regulations are blocking homes.

Which is a better use of space? a 600 sq ft apartment (1-2 bedroom) or a 600 square foot garage? (3 car garage, mandated by some cities as the minimum)

Eliminating Excessive Parking Mandates: This bill curbs requirements for excessive parking by capping the maximum amount of required parking at one stall per residential unit, with exceptions for ADA requirements.

City parking mandates drive car dependency, prevent walkability, and raise rents.

Often by $225/month per parking spot.

Many cities require 2 or 3 car garages, plus guest parking! #SF2229 limits mandates to 1 spot/home. Letting neighbors choose what they really need. #YesToHomes #MNleg

CURRENT PROCESS FOR STATE-COMPLIANT HOUSING PROPOSALS Shows an orange line with pieces breaking off before they reach "approved housing" at the bottom. Break offs include: CITY OBJECTION: Needs fancier windows! PROPOSAL REJECTED CITY OBJECTION: Needs expensive facade! PROPOSAL REJECTED CITY OBJECTION: Needs a luxury fountain! PROPOSAL REJECTED CITY OBJECTION: Needs a minimum half acre of yard! PROPOSAL REJECTED

Streamlining Approvals: This bill requires local governments to establish clear, timely processes for development approvals, thus preventing unnecessary delays and roadblocks for developers. Another layer of red tape removed!

Promoting New Homes: This bill stops local governments from imposing arbitrary or overly restrictive building design mandates that go beyond state building codes, like fancy features and expensive details. This helps clear the unwieldy and unnecessary red-tape that prevents home building! Background shows art by Alana Hawley of builder surrounded by red tape holding a duplex.

Aesthetic mandates, requiring a large porch, specific siding, and more are used by cities to require a certain minimum home price. This prevents new neighbors who cannot afford the mandated aesthetics from moving in to new homes in that community. #SF2229 #YesToHomes #MNleg

Ending HOA Restrictions: This bill prevents local governments from using Home Owner Associations to block development, or to dictate unnecessary rules. This promotes flexibility and removes a tool that has been used to inflate costs or exclude new neighbors

A graph showing that an approved planned unit development in eagan for an upcoming development has 31 less (104 vs. 135) homes than if they had simply followed their own townhome zoning, and 49 less (104 vs. 153) homes than if the lots were 4k sq ft. As proposed by Yes to Homes Bill #HF2140. And 304 less homes (407 vs. 153) than if it were to use 1500 sq ft lots. As proposed by Yes to Homes Bill #HF1987. The final lot sizes are around 2.25k, with about 11 acres, half of the planned unit development (PUD) currently left empty in order to reduce the dwelling units per acre from about 19 to about 4.7. The homeowners will still need to pay for the cost of that land left empty, and it will necessitate an HOA.

A photo of a suburban area with large yards and empty space between homes. Text: When building new developments, cities can currently require the creation of a Home Owners Association, or HOA, which manages the private common areas within a development. These requirements-- which add to the cost of each home in the community-- have no useful value, and create more private spaces only for those Minnesotans wealthy enough to afford to live there.

Currently cities require HOAs for a variety of reasons. A major one is to simply reduce the allowed density in an area. Often leaving land empty simply to reduce the overall homes per acre to half or a quarter of what might otherwise be allowed. #SF2229 #YesToHomes #MNleg

TODAY! from about 3pm to 5pm The MN Senate is hearing an amended version of bill #SF2229 after floor session. Our previous bill package was blocked by our opposition. However, we still have time to make a big change to housing policy in this session! This new bill advances our goals of lowering housing costs and making it easier to build more new homes across Minnesota.

Today the MN Senate will be hearing #SF2229. Learn more about the bill here, and join us this afternoon and evening to ask your legislator to support more homes in Minnesota by saying #YesToHomes ! #MNLeg

Action Alert: Attend the Yes to Homes! Bill Hearing to show your support for More Homes. Meet at Senate Chambers, Thursday May 1st 3-5pm central.

Join us today at the state capitol from 3-5pm as #MNleg considers #SF2229
We will be talking about the hearing here as it happens.
#YesToHomes

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If you can't make it tomorrow, send an email tonight:
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#YesToHomes #SF2229

Action Alert: Attend the Yes to Homes! Bill Hearing to show your support for More Homes. Meet at Senate Chambers, Thursday May 1st 3-5pm central.

Help us support #SF2229 tomorrow (5/1)!
We'll be meeting from 3-5pm at the Senate Chambers.
Help us tell #MNleg to say #YesToHomes !
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Action Alert: Attend the Yes to Homes! Bill Hearing to show your support for More Homes. Meet at Senate Chambers, Thursday May 1st 3-5pm central.

We have a hearing!
Thursday May 1st join us at the Capitol at the Senate Chambers from 3 to 5 pm to support the #YesToHomes agenda! #MNleg

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Dakota County ISAIAH leaders listen as Senator Lindsey Port speaks to packed room

🏘️ The Dakota County ISAIAH team hosted a powerful #YesToHomes event with 50 people in Inver Grove Heights this past weekend!

👏 Thank you to Senator @lindseyportmn.bsky.social, #YesToHomes champion, for your remarks. And thank you to Senator Jim Carlson for joining this powerful conversation!

West metro leaders looking to tackle housing crisis Minnesota lawmakers and community leaders are looking to make housing more affordable in the west Twin Cities metro. FOX 9's Babs Santos has the latest.

We ALL do better when we can afford stable housing. Rallies across the metro took place to address the statewide housing shortage. We need Democrats to step up and support zoning reform vs rolling over to pressure from lobbyists! @ISAIAHMN #YestoHomes

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Senator @lindseyportmn.bsky.social addresses over 50 people in Inver Grove Heights from the Dakota County team of @isaiahmn.org as we say #YesToHomes together!
We need to reform zoning codes so there can be more types of homes in more places. #mnleg