The Dakota County Consortium is made up of the four counties of Anoka, Dakota, Ramsey (excluding the city of St. Paul), and Washington. The counties formed the Consortium for the purpose of receiving HOME funding. Anoka, Dakota, and Ramsey Counties are CDBG Entitlement recipients. Washington County is not a CDBG Entitlement recipient. The Dakota County Housing and Redevelopment Authority was selected as the lead agency for the Consortium for the HOME Program.
The four counties surround the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Each county contains fully developed inner ring suburbs, newly expanding suburbs, and outlying agricultural areas. The Counties have all experienced rapid population growth within recent years. Each county is also home to several large employers including 3M, West Publishing, Aveda, and H.B. Fuller. Light industry, high tech industry, and retail commercials centers can also be found throughout the Consortium.
The HUD established median household income for the Twin Cities Metropolitan Area is $51,000.
The Dakota County Consortium Consolidated Plan discusses issues and problems that affect all of the jurisdictions. The Consortium's Five Year Strategic Plan outlines how the Consortium will address the goals of providing affordable housing, a suitable living environment, and expanding economic opportunities. The One Year Action Plan discusses available resources for the 1995 Federal Fiscal Year.
The HOME Investment Partnership Program allocation to the Consortium is approximately $1.8 million. Three of the four counties in the Consortium are entitlement counties and also receive an allocation of Community Development Block Grant funds. The fourth county, Washington, can apply to the State for Small Cities Program funds.
The total of all resources available to the counties of the Consortium is just over $8 million. These resources, including HOME Program and CDBG funds as well as state and local funds, will be used to address the various housing and economic development needs of each of the four counties.
To prepare for the Consolidated Plan, Consortium members consulted with a variety of public and private agencies. Attention was focused on agencies that provide affordable housing, health and social services to persons with special needs, and providers of assistance to low income, elderly, persons with disabilities, persons with HIV/AIDS, and homeless persons.
Special effort was made to obtain the viewpoints of citizens on the housing and non- housing community and economic development needs, not only through the agencies consulted, but also through citizen participation opportunities. Forums were held with focus groups, Task Forces were consulted, and public hearings were held.
To notify the public of opportunities to comment on the Consolidated Plan, the Consortium published notice of the public hearing held for citizen participation in local media, cable access, and the Legal Journal. Draft copies of the Consolidated Plan were sent to libraries and county administration buildings throughout each county. Copies were also available at the offices of each participating jurisdiction.
Recognizing the fact that most problems and solutions go beyond a single jurisdiction, several consultation meetings were held with other jurisdictions throughout the metropolitan area. This group worked together to assess housing needs of groups as well as non-housing community development needs.
The Consortium's Consolidated Plan was approved by the Dakota County Board
of Commissioners on May 2, 1995. It was submitted to the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development on May 15, 1995.
The Dakota County Consortium is diversified with first, second, third, and fourth ring suburbs, older core communities, along with agricultural and rural areas. Urban Ramsey, southern Anoka, and the northern Dakota areas include the older first ring suburbs of St. Paul and Minneapolis and are faced with an aging housing stock and declining neighborhoods.
Based on 1990 Census data, the total population for the four county Consortium is 878,294 (the population of the city of St. Paul has been factored out). There are 323,307 year round housing units throughout the Consortium. Of those units, only 13,080 or 4% are vacant.
The HUD Adjusted Median Family Income for the Metropolitan Statistical Area in 1990 was $43,251. By 1995, it had risen to $51,000. It is difficult to give an overall percentage of households that are classified as low to moderate income since each of the four counties has a different criteria (percentage of households that are below 80% of MFI). Given that, Anoka County has 15 census tracts that meet the 40% criteria. Dakota County has 25 census tracts that meet the 40% criteria. Fifteen census tracts in Ramsey County meet the 36% criteria, and 11 census tracts meet the 30% criteria in Washington County.
In a report published by the Metropolitan Council, demographic shifts, market forces and the aging of the region's housing stock are cited as factors that will jeopardize many people's opportunity to obtain the housing of their choice. According to the report, developing suburbs will attract residents from older suburbs, vacancies in older suburbs attract residents from central cities, and left behind are many times permanently vacant and deteriorating housing. This can trigger abandonment in older neighborhoods.
During the time the above forces are at work, housing needs continue to
increase. Growth of special populations will place increased demand on the
housing market. Minority population growth is occurring at a rate much faster
than the overall population and minority groups experience much higher poverty
rates in the metro area. As much as 44% of the housing stock in the metro area
is at an age when it has already undergone substantial repairs or requires
substantial investment to keep it viable.
Although there are several large corporations within the Consortium that employ many people, most of the higher paying jobs are located in the cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The jobs being created in the outlying areas are mainly service sector jobs that pay slightly more than minimum wage.
Barriers that many lower income families encounter when seeking employment include lack of transportation, poor public transit running between the Twin Cities and outlying areas, and lack of affordable day care. Young families and single parents find it difficult to find a decent paying job that will cover the costs of day care and transportation, which are incurred by being employed, and still have enough money to pay for food, rent, and utilities. Families, although not getting ahead, often are economically better off by being on public assistance than they are by being employed.
Market rate housing has become increasingly difficult for many households to afford, and it has become increasingly difficult for existing government and private programs to bridge the gap between market rate housing and real income levels.
The Consortium's main objectives for the next five years will be to increase the number of affordable housing units through construction and rehabilitation, and through the use of tenant based rent assistance. The existing housing stock will be maintained through rehabilitation and conversion, and the number of homeowners will be increased through the use of downpayment and closing costs assistance programs.
Identified needs throughout the Consortium include an increase in affordable three or more bedroom rental units for large families, safe and affordable housing opportunities for elderly persons and persons with special needs, assistance for first time homebuyers, an increase in the need for rehabilitation of existing housing stock, and increasing the availability of affordable housing through the use of rental assistance and low rent public housing programs.
In 1990, the reported total number of year round housing units in the four county Consortium was 439,281. Of those, only 20,414 (4%) were vacant. The number of housing units has undoubtedly increased significantly in the past several years due to the drop in interest rates and the boom in the construction of new housing, especially in the developing suburbs.
The overall rental vacancy rate for the entire Consortium is 8.29%. As the bedroom size increases, the vacancy rate decreases thus indicating the high demand for larger units. The vacancy rate for owner occupied units is very low throughout the Consortium. Owner occupied units also outweigh rental units by more than three to one.
Although difficult to pinpoint, the Consortium estimates that less than 5% of the total housing stock is in substandard condition, and that a majority of these units are suitable for rehabilitation. The majority of substandard housing units can be found in the inner first ring suburbs and in the outer rural areas.
Extremely low income (0-30% MFI) renters report the second highest incidence of housing problems. Eighty percent have a cost burden of more than 30%, with 66% having severe cost burdens. Of this group of renters, large rental families also face a shortage of affordable 3+ bedroom rental units and rents that come close to $1,000 in many Consortium communities.
Seventy-four percent of homeowners in this income category also experience a cost burden of at least 30%.
Of very low income (31-50% MFI) renters, 81% experience a cost burden of 30% and 24% have a severe cost burden. Half of all homeowners in this income group have a cost burden of 30%, with 23% having a severe cost burden.
A higher percentage of low income (51-80% MFI) homeowners than renters report having a cost burden of at least 30% - 41% versus 35%. Six percent of homeowners report a severe cost burden, while only 2% of renter households report this problem.
Consortium members feel that activities designed for the tenure of the household rather than the income level more appropriately address the needs expressed by the various groups.
For example, rental assistance, production of new affordable housing units (including SRO's), rehabilitation/conversion of old units, and increased supportive services can be used to address the needs of renters. While deferred, low interest, or forgiven loans for rehabilitation, weatherization programs, and homeowner training (ie budgeting) can be seen as more beneficial to homeowners.
The exception to this may be in the low income renter group. Homeownership counseling and training, and downpayment and entry cost assistance are activities that can also address the needs of this group. The biggest obstacle to homeownership that this group faces is the lack of funds for a downpayment.
The communities in the Consortium are different than those of Minneapolis and St. Paul. Homeless people in the Consortium's communities tend to be less visible mainly because few services were locally available so homeless people went to the central cities for assistance.
This pattern has changed recently in that the shelters of Minneapolis and St. Paul are no longer accepting people from the surrounding counties. This is making homelessness more visible in communities outside of the immediate Twin Cities area and forcing the communities of the Consortium to address the issue of homelessness.
Based on a one day shelter count by the Minnesota Department of Economic Security, 645 people from the Consortium area were in homeless shelters. In addition to these sheltered homeless, many more are at risk of becoming homeless.
The majority of persons (344) in a shelter on the one day count were persons in a family. There were 281 single persons and 20 unaccompanied youth.
Although the largest proportion of homeless people are white, minority groups tend to be over represented in the homeless community. This suggests a need to monitor fair housing and support minority people who are attempting to find affordable housing.
Continuum of care discussions are addressing needs and issues that deal with prevention, emergency shelter, transitional housing, and supportive housing.
Throughout the Consortium, there are 256 regular emergency shelter beds and 185 battered women shelter beds. There are 67 transitional housing units.
Of the four counties in the Consortium, Dakota County is the only one that receives its own allocation of Section 8 Certificates and Vouchers. The HRA administers over 1,800 Section 8 Certificates and Vouchers, 630 federal low rent housing units, and 413 HRA owned housing units. There are another 1,800 assisted housing units funded by various federal, state, and local sources throughout Dakota County.
The Metro HRA operates the Section 8 program in Anoka and Ramsey Counties. Washington County recently received its own allocation of 25 Section 8 Rental Certificates that are to be used by participants in the Family Self Sufficiency Program.
There are 656 Section 8 contracts in Ramsey County and a total of 1,028 in Anoka County. Consortium wide, there are approximately 2,700 additional assisted housing units.
Activities to address the needs of special populations include:
Public policy, especially that implemented on the local level, can often influence housing affordability. Land use regulations, such as zoning ordinances, fees and exactions, property taxes, labor standards and financing and funding have all been cited as possible barriers to affordable housing. Other non-policy issues that can contribute to affordable housing include proximity of affordable housing to jobs, transportation, and public opinion.
The Counties can encourage state and local law makers to make changes that are more amenable to housing affordability. The jurisdictions will work with local authorities to deal with specific situations where local policies seem to create barriers. Educating the affected neighborhoods of proposed projects is also a key element to addressing barriers.
The Consortium checked with the Area Office of Housing and Urban Development and the Minnesota Department of Human Rights and found that relatively few fair housing or other housing discrimination actions have been filed against properties located within the jurisdiction.
HUD records revealed that during 1992 through 1993, less than 30 complaints were filed for all the communities in the four counties. These complaints may have been for any infringement of protections by any class covered by the Fair Housing Act.
No accurate data exists on the extent of lead based paint hazards in the Consortium area housing stock. Testing of homes and apartments is generally triggered by an incident of lead poisoning in a child that has been reported to the County Health Department, a housing inspection as part of a program or in response to a complaint, or as part of a rehabilitation project.
Out of all the housing units (rental and homeowner) throughout the Consortium, there are an estimated 90,000 with lead based paint. About 20 cases of lead based paint poisoning have been reported Consortium wide.
Dakota County communities have been divided up into four CDBG districts. Each district has a committee selected to represent the communities with that district. The City of Northfield also receives an allocation of CDBG funds as a subrecipient.
Because Dakota County consists of different types of communities, non-housing community development needs differ quite a bit from community to community.
The primary objective for the use of CDBG funding is to fund projects that will enhance the quality of life, provide a suitable living environment, and expand economic activities for the maximum number of low and moderate income residents in Dakota County.
Identified community development needs include the need for centers and services for seniors and youth, parks and recreation and other public facilities, street and water improvements, transportation services, child care services, and public education such as crime awareness and fair housing counseling. Planning and commercial/industrial rehabilitation have also been given priority attention.
As Consortium members implement activities that address identified needs, they will coordinate among themselves through regular updates and meetings.
Interagency and interjurisdictional task forces have been working together
from the start of the Consolidated Plan process to address various issues, and
efforts have been made to strengthen coordination between both public and
private agencies throughout the metropolitan area.
The overall goal of the Consortium is to improve the living environment of its residents. This ranges from creating new housing units, to helping families become homeowners, to rehabilitating the existing housing stock, to improving services, to encouraging new economic opportunities. Making this all possible, of course, is limited to the amount of resources that are available to address and make these things happen.
Housing Objectives and Priorities
Consortium wide, the objectives and priorities for affordable housing will be to increase the number of affordable housing units through new construction and rehabilitation, and through the use of tenant based rent assistance. The existing housing stock will be maintained through rehabilitation and conversion activities and to increase the number of homeowners through downpayment and entry cost assistance programs.
Each county in the Consortium (except for Washington County which is a non-entitlement county) has developed their own community development objectives and priorities.
Dakota County will be focusing on increasing the number of public facilities and available services, improving the infrastructure, promoting economic development, and intensify planning activities.
The County departments and HRA's that administer the HOME and CDBG programs participate in anti-poverty activities through the affordable housing and support services that they fund. Other anti-poverty activities that other county, state, private and non-profit entities operate include income maintenance programs, STRIDE, jobs and training programs, and participation in self sufficiency programs.
Primary federal resources include HOME, CDBG, HOPE III, Shelter Plus Care, Emergency Shelter Grant, and Supportive Housing programs. The Section 8 Certificate/Voucher program is also a significant source of funding. Dakota County also receives funds from the Comprehensive Grant Program.
The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency offers over 30 different programs to assist both renters and homeowners. Many non-profit and private agencies also provide funds for assistance. Both the Dakota County HRA and Ramsey County have partnered with private corporations or individual developers in order to utilize tax credits for the development of several affordable large family rental townhome projects. Anoka and Washington Counties are also looking into developing projects with this structure.
Each of the Consortium members are responsible for the activities that use HOME and CDBG funds in their counties. Consortium members have indicated they will support agencies in their applications for funds if the proposed activities address the needs and priorities that have been identified in the Consolidated Plan.
Although there is some coordination between agencies within a county and
even between counties, it is recognized that the development of a comprehensive
system would be beneficial to all.
The Consortium's HOME allocation of $1.88 million is divided between the four counties based on a formula developed by HUD. By activity, HOME funds will primarily be used for:
Dakota County's CDBG allocation will be spent mainly on:
HOME funded activities such as first time homebuyer assistance, homeowner rehab, and tenant based rent assistance are carried out on a county wide basis. Specific properties within each county are targeted for rental rehabilitation funds, and specific sites for the construction of new rental housing units are selected after researching and assessing available parcels.
The lead agency for the Dakota County Consortium is the Dakota County HRA. The HRA also administers the CDBG program for Dakota County. The Anoka County HRA handles Anoka County's HOME allocation and the County's CDBG entitlement. Ramsey County administers both Ramsey County's HOME allocation and CDBG entitlement. The Washington County HRA administers Washington County's HOME allocation.
The Consortium hopes to assist over 95 households through rehabilitation efforts, 24 first time homebuyers, 100 households through rent assistance, and over 70 large rental families through new construction efforts. These are in addition to the hundreds of households that are being assisted through prior year's tenant based rent assistance (contracts run for 12 months, most are renewed), first time homebuyer assistance (reservations are still being taken on prior year's allocations), and several previous new construction projects.
Anoka County is adjacent to the Minneapolis/St. Paul area. It encompasses a 433 sq. mi. area and is the fourth largest County in the State. Anoka County is one of the fastest growing Counties in Minnesota with a population of approximately 267,230 residents in 1995. The County is made up of 21 communities, including Andover, Anoka, Bethel, Blaine, Burns, Centerville, Circle Pines, Columbia Heights, Columbus, Coon Rapids, East Bethel, Fridley, Ham Lake, Ramsey, St. Francis, and Spring Lake Park. These communities consist of rural, suburban and urban areas and have diversified industrial, commercial, residential and professional development.
The Anoka County portion of the Dakota County Consortium Consolidated Plan
presents a strategic vision for housing and community development in a very
diversified area which combines rural, slower growth areas with some very
rapidly developing areas. It includes a One-Year Action Plan for spending
approximately $2,301,000 of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and program
income. These funds will be primarily spent on housing, neighborhood
revitalization, economic development, public service, and planning activities.
Anoka County has a 1995 allocation of $1,933,000 in Community Development Block Grant funds. These funds will address the goals in the Comprehensive Plan and will be used for the following activities:
| Public Services | $313,000 | County-wide benefit entire community (seniors, handicapped, battered families, etc.) | |
| Accessibility | $165,000 | Cities of Anoka, Andover, Spring Park, Coon Rapids | |
| Rehabilitation | $655,000 | Cities of Blain, Ham Lake, and Coon Rapids (2-3 loans) | |
| Revitalization | $186,000 | East Bethel, Columbia Heights (four sites) | |
| Planning (studies) | $230,000 | City of Anoka, Andover | |
| (Economic Development) | $ 90,000 | Blaine, County-wide |
Urban Ramsey County is the smallest county in the state, and the most densely populated. Urban Ramsey County is Ramsey County minus the City of St. Paul. Urban Ramsey consists of communities that are suburbs of Minneapolis and St. Paul. The communities are a mixture of single family neighborhoods, apartment complexes, and some mobile home parks. There is a mixture of light industry, high tech industry, retail commercial centers, and several large employers, such as 3M, Deluxe Check Printing and H.B. Fuller Company.
The communities which make up Urban Ramsey County are: Arden Hill, Falcon Heights, Lauderdale, Little Canada, Maplewood, Mounds View, New Brighton, North Oaks, North St. Paul, Roseville, St. Anthony, Shoreview, Vadnais Heights, White Bear Lake, and White Bear Township.
Urban Ramsey's Consolidated Plan was presented as a part of the Dakota County Consortium. This action plan, describing the strategic vision of housing and community development in the county, is a part of the larger consortium plan. It includes a plan for spending approximately $1.6 million of Community Development Block Grant Funds. These funds are used to provide owner-occupied and multi-family rehabilitation programs for suburban Ramsey County, assist businesses with loans targeted to job creation, and to develop affordable housing.
County Economic Development staff consulted with both private and public
agencies which provide social services to residents. In addition to formal
consultation through public hearings and written comments, staff consulted
informally through meetings with community groups, focus groups and attending
public forms related to community concerns regarding housing and economic
development. Two public hearings were held, one for the entire four county
consortium, a second specifically for Urban Ramsey residents. These hearings
were publicized in local papers, on the radio, and by letters sent directly to
interested or potentially interested persons. The plan was approved by the
Ramsey County Housing and Redevelopment Authority on May 16, 1995.
Several critical housing needs are identified in the Consolidated Plan:
There is an ongoing need for shelter for homeless adults, families and teens. In addition, there are many lower-income persons and families who spend large portions of their incomes on housing and have housing problems that put them at risk of becoming homeless through loss of income or problems with their substandard rental unit. Large numbers of people are living closer to the threshold of homelessness. Any life crisis, loss of a job, eviction, rent increase, or family upheaval can force those at risk of homelessness into homelessness.
Urban Ramsey includes older first ring suburbs of St. Paul and Minneapolis, and faces an aging housing stock and some declining neighborhoods.
In the Twin Cities metropolitan area, the median income of renters is about half that of homeowners. Lower income renters generally pay a higher percentage of their income for housing than those with higher incomes. At the same time, the supply of housing affordable for lower income people is shrinking. Urban Ramsey needs more affordable units in general, and especially more rental units for large families (3+ bedrooms) .
For very low- income families and individuals, (less than $25,500 annual income for a family of four) the primary need is for rental assistance and moderate rehabilitation for homeowners.
Urban Ramsey residents do face problems of homelessness, but the majority of shelter is located in the City of St. Paul. Needs for those sheltered and unsheltered homeless people and those at risk of becoming homeless:
In addition, many people become homeless because of mental illness and/or drug and alcohol addiction. This group of people have service needs in conjunction with housing needs -- 47% of families that are homeless (primarily female-headed) reported leaving their homes because of domestic violence. Battered women's shelters are almost always full, and many emergency shelters turn away those who have a place to live in spite of being fearful of returning there.
There is also a need for permanent supportive housing for persons with special needs, such as the frail elderly, mentally ill, persons with disabilities, and persons with AIDS.
Urban Ramsey County has no public housing.
Persons with special needs and agencies who provide services to special needs persons indicated, that in addition to affordable housing, there were the following needs:
Public policy, especially that on the local level, can influence housing affordability, particularly land use regulations, zoning ordinances and fees, as well as associated administrative practices. This includes elements such as minimum lot and floor area requirements, off-street parking, multiple garages and maximum density limitations. The cost of land is increasingly a greater proportion of the purchase price of new housing. In addition, lower densities tend to increase costs for infrastructure and maintenance, especially where subdivision requirements require developers to assume responsibility for provision basic services.
Financing and funding for affordable housing in the suburbs is frequently a barrier. Although demographics are changing, formula based allocation of funds have generally resulted in a lower level of assistance available to suburban jurisdictions. Development of affordable housing has occurred wither assistance and incentives have been available. Many professionals such as real-estate. loan offers and others in housing a re paid on a commission basis, and so affordable housing does not provide the financial incentive that luxury housing does.
Public transportation in suburban areas is limited, and housing and jobs needs to be equally accessible if households are going to find housing at a reasonable cost. Finding employment and affordable housing is difficult in suburban areas if a person does not have an automobile.
Relatively few fair housing discrimination actions have been filed against properties in Urban Ramsey. Roseville and Shoreview are the only communities where complaints were filed during the past year. This, of course, doesn't mean that discrimination has not been occurring. Barriers to housing choice may be the result of:
No data exists on the extent of lead-based paint hazards in Urban Ramsey County. Housing built prior to 1978 is sauntered to contain some lead-based paint. Testing of homes and apartments is generally triggered by:
There were 12 cases of lead poisoning reported in Urban Ramsey in 1994. Two of these were adults with job-related exposure.
Urban Ramsey's Consolidated Plan lists transportation, economic
development/job creation and energy efficiency improvements as the highest
non-housing community development needs. Urban Ramsey's CDBG entitlement is not
large, and with the exception of a business loan program, it is used primarily
for housing needs.
Housing problems in Urban Ramsey are generally related to affordability of housing for low- income populations (including special needs groups) and an aging housing stock. Urban Ramsey's strategies reflect that, focusing on increasing the supply of affordable and supportive housing and rehabilitation of existing housing stock, both rental and owner- occupied.
Housing priorities are to increase the supply of affordable housing and to improve the condition of existing housing stock.
The primary objective for Urban Ramsey's use of CDBG funds for non-housing community development is creation and retention of jobs through economic development.
Urban Ramsey participates in anti-poverty strategies through affordable housing and support services funded through CDBG. Those programs funded through CDBG coordinate with other activities operated by county state and private entities including income maintenance programs, STRIDE (the Minnesota JOBS program), Job Training Partnership Act activities, and other services directed at those most at risk of homelessness.
Urban Ramsey is fortunate to have access to a broad range of resources for housing and community development.
Urban Ramsey works in cooperation with the other members of the Dakota
County Consortium to carry out consolidated plan activities, but other public
and private organizations are also involved in some plan components.
Urban Ramsey County's One-Year Action Plan outlines the proposed use of approximately $1.5 million in CDBG and HOME funds, as well program income of $115,000. The funds will be spent primarily on housing-related activities that will benefit low and moderate income residents of suburban Ramsey County. Representatives of the Urban Ramsey Communities set county-wide rehabilitation programs as the top priority for spending the CDBG allocation. In accordance, the following are the key programs:
The majority of projects are targeted for county-wide programs that benefit low and moderate income residents of all the suburban communities in Urban Ramsey's jurisdiction.
Urban Ramsey's housing goals for the first year of the consolidated plan include improving and/or increasing the supply of affordable housing. Improvements through rehabilitation are expected to benefit 80 households, and energy efficiency improvement 68 households. All households benefitting will be low to moderate income.
Anoka County
MAP 1 depicts points of interest in the jurisdiction
MAP 2 depicts points of interest and low-moderate income areas.
MAP 3 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, and minority concentration levels.
MAP 4 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, and unemployment levels.
MAP 5 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, unemployment levels, and proposed HUD funded projects.
MAP 6 depicts Neighborhood Segments and proposed HUD funded projects.
Dakota County
MAP 1 depicts points of interest in the jurisdiction.
MAP 2 depicts points of interest and low-moderate income areas.
MAP 3 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, and minority concentration levels.
MAP 4 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, and unemployment levels.
MAP 5 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, unemployment levels, and proposed HUD funded projects.
MAP 6 depicts Neighborhood Segments and proposed HUD funded projects.
Ramsey County
MAP 1 depicts points of interest in the jurisdiction
MAP 2 depicts points of interest and low-moderate income areas.
MAP 3 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, and minority concentration levels.
MAP 4 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, and unemployment levels.
MAP 5 depicts points of interest, low-moderate income areas, unemployment levels, and proposed HUD funded projects.
MAP 6 depicts Neighborhood Segments and proposed HUD funded projects.
Ms. Alyce Osborne
Anoka County
(612) 323-5709
or
Ms. Stephanie Newburg
HOME Program Coordinator
Dakota County HRA
2496 - 145th Street West
Rosemount, MN 55068
Phone: 423-8117
Fax: 423-8180
or
Mary Lou Egan,
Community Development and Economic Development Specialist
Ramsey County
Community and Economic Development
Ramsey County Courthouse, Room 250
50 W. Kellogg Blvd.
St. Paul, MN 55102
PH: (612) 266-8025
