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If anyone embodies the spirit of doing it all, it’s our colleague Demitrea Kelley. Named the Minnesota Association of Black Lawyers Scholar for 2025, we talk to the Legal Aider and 3L who’s set to earn her J.D. this spring.
In this news story, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid underscored “that socio-economic factors like a person’s zip code, marital status, occupation and credit score impact auto insurance rates more than a driver’s record.”
BOSTON — In a packed courtroom Tuesday afternoon, a federal judge took five minutes to say that he would reinstate federal grants to four fair housing organizations, including one in Western Massachusetts
A Minnesota nonprofit that combats housing discrimination has announced a major loss in funding
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid announced Wednesday that the group was notified the Department of Housing and Urban Development was rescinding its grant.
ST. PAUL, Minn. — On Wednesday, March 12, Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid (MMLA) announced that the US Department of Housing and Urban Development had canceled a Fair Housing Initiatives Program grant that funds MMLA’s program providing legal help to Minnesotans facing housing discrimination or sexual harassment from landlords.
Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid, which provides legal services to low-income Minnesotans, announced Wednesday that the federal government canceled a $425,000 grant that funds legal help for people facing housing discrimination or sexual harassment from landlords.
In the current year, Legal Aid relied on a $425K from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Department to do this work. But on Feb. 27, the nonprofit law firm was notified that the grant — awarded to Legal Aid 30 years running to help thousands of Minnesotans navigate “Fair Housing” laws — was canceled.
Effective March 1, a Minneapolis city ordinance requires landlords to disclose outstanding housing violations and their housing rights to prospective tenants.
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