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Description: Reports detailing recommendations -- first as proposed, then as adopted after becoming law -- for simplifying the process of verifying information in applications for the Family Homeless Prevention and Assistance Program (FHPAP)
Law: 2024 Minn. Laws Chap. 127 Art. 16 Sec. 5
Agency(ies)/Supplier(s): Minn. Housing Finance Agency
Due Date: 07/07/2025
Frequency: Other
Topics: Homelessness
Housing & Real Estate
Mandate Groups: Housing
Committee/Agency Jurisdiction: Housing Jurisdiction
Note: Recommendations as proposed are due by January 13, 2025. Recommendations as adopted (after becoming law) are due by July 7, 2025. In developing recommendations, the Minn. Housing Finance Agency must consider: (1) allowing self-attestation of emergencies, assets, and income; (2) allowing verbal authorization by applicants to allow emergency rental assistance administrators to communicate with landlords and utility providers regarding applications for assistance; and (3) allowing landlords to apply for emergency rental assistance on tenants' behalf. Per MHFA: "This reporting obligation has already been met. The report we sent last January covered everything we needed for both the January 2025 report and the July 2025 report because we detailed 'the recommendations adopted as required by this section.'"

Item(s) Received

TitlePublisher(s)Publication DateCoverageDate ReceivedReport Link
Implementation Report on Expediting Rental Assistance: Family Homelessness Prevention and Assistance Program Minn. Housing Finance Agency January 15, 2025 01/16/2025 25-0165.pdf