By the end of this week, the remaining COVID-19 restrictions imposed by Gov. Tim Walz will be largely gone. The biggest exception is a moratorium on rental property evictions.
Legislative negotiations about how to end the moratorium in an orderly way have gotten bogged down over timing, notice requirements and other aspects of the tenant-landlord relationship.
As a new program rolls out â albeit slowly â to provide financial assistance to people late in their rent and utilities or those soon to be behind, Minnesota Housing Commissioner Jennifer Ho said lawmakers need to proceed carefully in how they fashion an off-ramp to an eviction moratorium.
Minnesota tenants worry and landlords fume over eviction ban
As a new program rolls out to provide financial assistance to people late in their rent and utilities or those soon to be behind, Minnesota Housing Commissioner Jennifer Ho said lawmakers need to proceed carefully in how they fashion an off-ramp to an eviction moratorium.
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Gov. Tim Walz, left, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Minnesota Housing Commissioner Jennifer Ho listen to residents of Kings Crossing in St. Paul Thursday, Jan. 24, 2019, as they discuss their fear of losing federal housing assistance because of the month-long partial shutdown of the federal government. (Christopher Magan / St. Paul Pioneer Press)