Dear Allies of Public Housing in Minneapolis,

Please submit comments about MPHA's 2024 Annual Plan.  

Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) had just released its 2024 MPHA MTW Annual Plan, a 99 page report riddled with jargons, acronyms, and technical policy language that is difficult to understand, making it inaccessible for many public housing residents especially for those who are non-English speakers. Once again, the agency provides very little time for residents to comb through the intricacies of this report and generate any feedback or questions they might have.

However, the issue doesn’t end at the inaccessible nature of this report. Several concerns have come up as we reviewed this plan that will have a detrimental impact on public housing residents, making them more vulnerable to evictions because the plan is ending public housing even though that is not what they say publically. For instance, the MTW plan calls for the piecemeal removal of the existing Section 9 public housing by converting and privatizing them, which would result in evictions and erosion of tenant protections residents once had when their homes were under Section 9 public housing.

A primer for those new to this: Moving To Work (MTW) Plan is a deregulation program that validates and opens up pathways for profit-driven private entities to take over public housing by privatizing them through programs like Section 18 and RAD; taking funding away from public housing and investing in privatization. Putting the MPHA’s MTW Annual Plan in motion is an antithesis to “housing is a human right” which results in the end of housing as a public good, spurs evictions, and further destroys Black and Brown neighborhoods of Minneapolis. Even as a public agency, MPHA is under the City of Minneapolis charter and HUD regulation, but they have been allowed to ignore public comments about their MTW plans for years.

The Defend Glendale and Public Housing Coalition calls on our supporters to send public comments to MPHA on several issues found within the plan, all spelled out in the letter we have written for you to read and use. Please fill in the information to the right, and click Start Writing. Once you click Start Writing, a sample letter we've written will appear. You may edit the letter and add your own thoughts and concerns then press send. The letter will go to MPHA Board, Minneapolis Elected Officials, and the HUD office. If you'd like to submit comments another way, you can do so via the email and address below.

To make a public comment to MPHA

Email: MTW@MplsPHA.org or mail to:

Mail: MPHA MTW Comments, Room 204, 1001 Washington Ave. N, Minneapolis, MN 55401.