300 million in bonding every two years to build and preserve affordable housing in Minnesota, plus an ongoing 130 million dollars in the state budget for workforce housing, emergency shelters and tax credits — that’s this year’s “ask” by advocates at the State Capitol.  Democratic Representative Mike Howard from Richfield

In recent times affordable housing efforts have received around 100 million dollars in each two-year budget.  Advocates say their request for nearly four times that amount is “the boldest agenda in state history to address Minnesota’s statewide housing crisis.”