Forum at North House to focus on affordable housing

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency is an organization that works to create connections and partnerships with the communities, organizations, and agencies throughout the state that are working on critical community issues such as housing.

The group is to ensure that everyone, regardless of where they live, has access the essential ingredients for economic and social success: affordable housing, transportation choices, good schools, strong social networks, and access to healthy places.

Margaret Kaplan is the Minnesota Housing Community Development Director. Margaret will be in Grand Marais on Monday, Sept. 19^th as part of an open forum held at North House Folk School focusing on specific affordable housing needs in communities in Cook County and along the North Shore. 

In addition to staff from Minnesota housing, representatives from USDA Rural Development, Greater Minnesota Housing Fund and the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development will be on hand. That event begins at 10 a.m. and goes to 3 p.m. in the Red building at North House. 

Listen to audio below to hear an interview with WTIP’s Joe Friedrichs and Kaplan as they discuss the issue of affordable housing in Cook County.