In Minneapolis, a fund to boost affordable housing faces a backslide


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In a Minneapolis budget season largely defined by its challenges – layoffs, sharp property tax increases, cuts to long-running programs and fights over funding – Mayor Jacob Frey has looked to the issue of affordable housing as a bright spot.

His budget address touted moves as specific as allowing fourplexes in more parts of the city to the broader goal of building affordable housing in all kinds of neighborhoods – long a staple of his talking points.

A major part of reaching those goals has been the city’s Read Entire Article