Emerson North Family Housing Development
Robbinsdale United Church of Christ supports the
development of Emerson North Family Housing to provide 48 units of
rental housing for families in the Near North neighborhood of
Minneapolis and to serve homeless families through the Families Moving Forward day center on the first
floor.
Emerson North: Get The Facts
a. WHEREAS the historic May 22nd tornado demonstrated the need
for quality affordable housing in North Minneapolis: The storm
uprooted hundreds of people from their neighborhoods in North
Minneapolis and destroyed existing affordable homes in the
community;
b. WHEREAS many working families struggle to maintain their
housing: A Minnesota family must have 2.2 minimum wage earners
working full-time - or one person working 87 hours a week at
minimum wage - to afford a modest two-bedroom apartment in
Minnesota;
c. WHEREAS homelessness is closely related to the scarcity of
affordable housing: According to Wilder Research, children and
their parents are the fastest-growing segment of the homeless in
our state, with an estimated 3,900 homeless children on any given
night in our state.
d. BE IT THEREFORE RESOLVED, Robbinsdale United Church of
Christ supports the development of Emerson North Family Housing to
provide 48 units of rental housing for families in the Near North
neighborhood of Minneapolis and to serve homeless families through
the Families Moving Forward day center on the first
floor.
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