Communities News & Events

The Met Council has awarded $5.5 million in Livable Communities grants to support mixed-use development near high-frequency transit routes.

The Met Council awarded $9.8 million in Livable Communities grants in November with a focus on supporting deeply affordable housing for larger families and for people experiencing homelessness.  
 

The Community Relations team connects community and Met Council members.

Young leaders presented their recommendations for policy to the Met Council at a Committee of the Whole meeting. Their recommendations were informed by conversations with their communities.

This month, we approved grants that focus on affordable, safe housing in our region. Our homeownership and multifamily rental housing grants will result in new affordable homes and housing units. 

Our investment in cleaning up polluted land has resulted in the reuse of hundreds of acres. This month, we awarded $2.8 million to communities to continue brownfield cleanup work.

Our latest grant round of Livable Communities grants will contribute to projects in Bloomington, Brooklyn Center, Edina, Maplewood, Minneapolis, and Saint Paul.

We awarded nearly $5 million in grants to Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Richfield to develop affordable housing and job opportunities along major transit routes.