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How to find housing when sticking to a budget – Star Tribune

Looking for an affordable place to call home? Know that even in a tight housing market, you have rights. Legal Aid Housing Attorney Julia Zwak weighs in on what to look for before you sign that lease.

Q&A: Legal Aid Attorney Luke Grundman on fair housing challenges – Finance & Commerce

Litigation Director Luke Grundman sat down with Finance & Commerce on to talk about status of the long-standing grant that powered Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid’s fair housing work, as well as his career at Legal Aid.

Homeland Security cuts grants to help people become citizens – Washington Post

In this story, Litigation Director Luke Grundman tells the Post, “We’re not going to stop the work or pause it or do something different. We’ve had clients who’ve been waiting decades to do this.”

Minnesota Supreme Court passes on policy change to prevent ICE arrests – Star Tribune

“ICE’s presence around the Hennepin County Courthouse is making people “afraid” to attend court hearings a group of lawyers say.”

Minnesota bill would establish low-cost insurance program for low-income drivers – CBS Minnesota

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.”

Federal court will order HUD to reinstate grants to fair housing organizations – MSN.com

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

Federal cuts: Minnesota law nonprofit that fights housing discrimination loses $425K grant – Bring Me The News

A Minnesota nonprofit that combats housing discrimination has announced a major loss in funding

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid: HUD cuts $425K grant – Finance and Commerce

Mid-Minnesota Legal Aid announced Wednesday that the group was notified the Department of Housing and Urban Development was rescinding its grant.

Legislative News and Views – MN House of Representatives

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.

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