News & Events

Metro HRA is seeking to expand the number of rental units that households with low incomes can afford by awarding 200 additional project-based housing vouchers.

An effort to assure the safety of the people experiencing homeless who are living in the encampment on Met Council property along Hiawatha Avenue in Minneapolis.

Environmental Services will transfer additional funds from the SAC reserve fund to help pay directly for capital improvements, as well as draw $2 million from its general reserve fund.

Data is from nearly 8,000 households, over a year’s time and across 19 counties — the seven-county metro area and 12 neighboring Minnesota and Wisconsin counties.

Now is a good time to enjoy the regional parks, using proper social distancing, of course.

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

365 days a year, 24 hours a day, through the COVID-19 pandemic, Metropolitan Council Environmental Services workers are on the job to protect public health and environment.

At the Met Council, every day is Earth Day.

It will provide local governments with high-quality data about greenhouse gas emissions from several key sectors.

Contractors and staff recognized an opportunity to support local food shelves in delivering food to those most in need.

This effort comes as doctors, nurses, home health aides, clinic staff, janitorial and all other healthcare support staff put their lives on the line to bring Minnesotans through the COVID-19 outbreak.

Wastewater conveyance pipes and construction vehicles line the landscape near the popular park in south Minneapolis. For area residents and park visitors, it’ll mean some disruptions.