How Investors Think About Multifamily Housing
To meet housing demand in Minnesota, the region needs to build 18,000 new units each year, and government subsidies alone cannot fund affordable housing development.
Housing Investment Overview: Why Outside Investment is Critical to Housing Development
This explainer paper highlights the process that private investors take when considering investing in multifamily housing development.
Twin Cities Housing Alliance 2027 Policy Priorities
An overview of TC Housing Alliance’s 2027 legislative priorities.
Community Visioning Infographic
Current standards and well-meaning policies place barriers for building multifamily housing.
Learn more about this TC Housing Compact Strategy
2026-2027 Strategic Plan Overview
The 2026-2027 Strategic Plan outlines TCHA’s priorities and strategies of educating and advocating on behalf of our members.
TCHA 2025 Year in Review
Read on for a comprehensive summary of our impactful work in 2025!
Minnesota 4d Affordable Housing Incentive Program - A Smart Tool for Preserving Affordable Rental Housing
TCHA has created a handout regarding the Minnesota 4d Affordable Housing Incentive Program which is a powerful tool cities can utilize to preserve existing older rental housing and provide income restricted units that would be affordable to lower income residents.
TC Housing Compact - Introducing TCHA’s New Campaign to Support Housing Providers and Improve Communities
Introducing!!! TC Housing Compact campaign to highlight shared goals, commitments and change the narrative regarding the housing industry.
At a time of growing regional housing needs, rising public scrutiny, and heightened demand for respectful, civil neighborhoods, the Twin Cities Housing Alliance (TCHA) has launched the TC Housing Compact. This campaign represents a united voice for the people and organizations working every day to create and sustain quality rental homes, across the full range of affordability, that meet the needs of our region.
Twin Cities Housing Alliance receives $40,000 grant from Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines and Bridgewater Bank through the Member Impact Fund
Twin Cities Housing Alliance is thrilled to announce it has received a $40,000 grant from Bridgewater Bank and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines (FHLB Des Moines) through the Member Impact Fund. This grant is part of $20 million in funding awarded by FHLB Des Moines through a matching grant program to support affordable housing and community development in Minnesota.
The Public Cost of Rent Control
While rent control aims to address housing affordability, it does not directly solve the challenges that many renters face. By limiting the ability to increase housing supply, rent control worsens the existing housing shortage, making it harder for new residents to find affordable housing.
TCHA 2024 Year in Review
Read on for a comprehensive summary of our impactful work in 2024!
Twin Cities Housing: Meeting the Challenge of Supply and Affordability
There are growing challenges facing our region’s rental market. With construction slowing dramatically and demand remaining strong, but when supply fails to meet the needs, the result is rents rise, competition intensifies, and affordability slips further out of reach. These trends should serve as a wake-up call for action.
The Twin Cities Housing Alliance (TCHA) sees this as an opportunity to shift from challenges to solutions. By addressing underproduction and implementing forward-thinking policies, we can ensure the region’s housing market remains accessible and equitable.
Why National Rent Control Proposals Are Counterproductive: Lessons from Minneapolis/St. Paul
Many qualified economists have provided insightful analysis of the challenges and negative externalities of rent control policies in response to recent proposals for a national rent cap. As the Executive Director of the Twin Cities Housing Alliance, I want to draw attention to how these issues resonate locally in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area and why we believe there are many programs and policies that provide targeted assistance to those with income insecurity without impacting the housing market’s ability to deliver housing options and opportunities.
Building multi-family housing units slow down could cause higher rents
Kare 11, May 16, 2024
"We need more supply to meet that demand," said Cathy Bennett, who leads the Twin Cities Housing Alliance. The organization is only a few years old and is a non-profit tackling the industry's challenges.
"So that those who are most vulnerable to housing instability have a chance to be able to get into a home," said Bennett.
TCHA 2023 Year in Review
Read on for a comprehensive summary of our impactful work in 2023!