The challenge of affordable housing

As the Metropolitan Council requires Twin Cities communities to build thousands of units of affordable housing, cities and residents raise concerns about sharing the burden and the opportunity.

Guests

• Steve Lampi: Mayor of Brooklyn Park.
• Chip Halbach: Executive director of the nonprofit Minnesota Housing Partnership.
• Peter Bell: Chairman of the Metropolitan Council.

More from MPR

• Housing slowdown hits rural cities and towns
  September 11, 2007
• Foreclosure crisis is not easing in north Minneapolis
  September 6, 2007
• Business is up, funding down for homeless families' drop-in center
  July 5, 2007
• Renters put out by foreclosures
  May 11, 2007
• Supply misses demand for Section 8 housing
  May 2, 2007
• Study finds homeless numbers steady in Minnesota
  March 14, 2007

Resources

• City of Brooklyn Park
• Minnesota Housing Partnership
• The Metropolitan Council