Housing Assistance

Central Community Housing Trust

  • Connects residents with community social services
  • Provides housing options for low/moderate income residents.

1625 Park Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55404

Phone: 612-341-3148
Contact: Rhonda Naiola

Web Address: http://www.ccht.org

Centro, Inc.

Centro provides a wide range of support services including:

  • Career and employment guidance, and assistance with job placement
  • Counseling and therapy for addicts, whole body healing services and alternative medicine for chemically dependent
  • Support groups and occupational therapy, family counseling, mental health care and referrals
  • Housing referrals
  • Most staff members are bilingual

1915 Chicago Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55404

General: 612-874-1412

Email Address: infocenter@centromn.org

Web Address: http://www.centromn.org

Centro is a partnership with Latino and Chicano families. Centro offers respite from troubles, understanding to solve crises, education and encouragement to make change, nurturing and healing to strengthen families, art and culture to reaffirm our identity and value, and resources to build a better future.

City of Minneapolis Housing Services

  • Information to landlords and tenants
  • Preparation for housing conciliation court
  • Counseling on rental issues
  • Lockouts, evictions, leases, repair issues, condemnation

240 South 4th Street, Room 510
Minneapolis, MN 55415

Phone: 612-673-3003
Spanish Line: #612-673-2700

Web Address: http://www.ci-minneapolis.mn.us

East Side Community Outreach Partnership Center

  • Housing referrals
  • Interpreters are available

301 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-625-0508

Web Address: http://www.npcr.org

Habitat for Humanity

  • Orientations are bilingual

3001 4th Street Southeast
Minneapolis, MN 55414

Phone: 612-331-4090

Web Address: http://www.tchabitat.org

Provides mortgage foreclosure prevention; also information and referrals for housing and financial management.

Homeline

  • Interpreters are available

3455 Bloomington Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55407

Phone: 612-728-5767

Web Address: http://www.homelinemn.org

Free legal, organizing, education, and advocacy services so tenants can solve their own rental housing problems.

Home Ownership Center

633 South Concord Street, Suite 250
South St. Paul, MN 55075

Phone: 651-659-9336
Contact: Ed Nelson

Web Address: http://www.hocmn.org

Education, counseling, and connection to home owning services in the community.

Jeremiah Program

  • Affordable housing assessments & referrals
  • Education and career planning
  • Case Management
  • Many staff members are bilingual

1510 Laurel Avenue
Minneapolis, MN 55403

Phone: 612-692-8711

Web Address: http://www.jeremiahprogram.org

Jeremiah Program assists single mothers and their children to break the cycle of poverty by providing a campus community where they can prosper in all senses of the word.

Jeremiah Program provides safe affordable housing, developmental childcare, Life Skills programming, individual coaching and Empowerment training.

Metropolitan Council

  • Interpreters are available

230 East 5th Street
St. Paul, MN 55101

Phone: 651-602-1140

Web Address: http://www.metrocouncil.org

Section 8 rent assistance and housing rehabilitation loans.

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency

  • Interpreters available

400 Sibley Street, Suite 300
St. Paul, MN 55101

Phone: 651-296-7608

Web Address: http://www.mhfa.state.mn.us

Provides home improvement loans, homebuyer loans and assistance in affordable housing to the homeless and education about housing opportunities.

Neighborhood House

  • Helps young people discover and develop their natural talents through the youth leadership program and positive learning experiences
  • Includes classes, outings and counseling
  • Receptionist speaks Spanish

179 Robie Street East
St. Paul, MN 55107

General: 651.227.9291

Web Address: http://www.neighb.org

SEMCAC

545 Dunnell Drive Box 793
Owatonna, MN 55060

Phone: 507-451-7134
Contact: Linda Lares

Web Address: http://www.semcac.org

Provides energy payment, rental, and down payment assistance.

Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services

  • Housing referrals

1101 North Snelling Avenue, Suite 300
St. Paul, MN 55108

Phone: 651-255-0797
Spanish Line: 888-575-2954

Web Address: http://www.smrls.org

South St. Paul HRA

125 3rd Avenue North
South St. Paul, MN 55075

Phone: 651-451-1838
Contact: Gabriella Gonzalez

Web Address: http://www.ssphra.org

Section 8 rental assistance and housing rehabilitation loans.