Communities News & Events

The Metropolitan Council awarded $3 million in polluted-site cleanup grants that promote redevelopment and economic opportunity in the region.

The Metropolitan Council awarded $5.5 million in grants for affordable housing, the largest award from the affordable housing fund in the 25-year history of the Livable Communities program.

The seven grants will go to projects in Brooklyn Park, Hopkins, Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and St. Louis Park.

A pilot program will offer assistance to rental property owners who install solar panels in exchange for renting a small share of their units to Section 8 Housing Choice voucher holders.

The grant awards help make it possible for people to live near transit services that help them get to jobs, school, appointments, shopping, and other destinations.

The Livable Communities program grants help communities invest in economic development and housing choices, and promote connections between transportation options and land use.

Suburban local governments in the Twin Cities metro have new resources to help them plan and program more effectively for the way their communities are changing.

Population growth continues throughout the region, according to the Metropolitan Council’s community-level preliminary population estimates for 2019.