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Overview: Vista 44

Located just blocks from vibrant downtown Hopkins, Minnesota, Vista 44 offers 50 apartment homes for families. These homes allow families to live in a community they love and invest in its prosperity. Onsite supportive services at Vista 44 are tailored to each family member and what they need to thrive.

The Essentials

• 50 high-quality, well-managed apartment homes
• Homes for families who make less than $30,000 a year
• One, two, and three-bedroom apartments
• Individualized on-site support services through Volunteers of America.
• Tailored support helps children do better in school, parents increase income, and families improve long-term health.
• Close to everything families want, including Central Park, a vibrant downtown, health centers, grocery stores, and entertainment.
• Easy access to bus routes and two new Green Line light rail stations.

Why Hopkins

• Close to everything families want, including Central Park, a vibrant downtown, health centers, grocery stores, and entertainment.
• One of the highest-rated and most diverse school districts in Minnesota.
• There is need for supportive housing in the suburbs.

Supportive Housing

• Support services through Volunteers of America.
• Tailored support helps children do better in school, parents increase income, and families improve long-term health.

Connected Stories:
“Supporting the Home” – Jessica shares why supportive housing works for her family
“Say Hello to Vista 44” – Project Announcement
“Vista 44: A Fabulous Opportunity” – A Hopkins neighbor shares why she is excited for Vista 44

Click here to download and print the Vista 44 building overview.

Supportive Housing in Action: Jessica’s Story

“It’s been over a decade since my two sons and I moved into our home at Audubon Crossing. Time has flown as I’ve watched my boys grow up, with my oldest going to college this fall,” Jessica exclaimed.

Jessica knows firsthand how family supportive housing changes the lives of those exiting instability and homelessness. 12 years ago, she drove to a shelter program site in North Minneapolis that Beacon operated at that time.

Living out of her car, she came with hopes that the staff would let her stay in the parking lot overnight. Instead, she was invited into the program which would eventually connect her to housing at Audubon Crossing, family supportive housing with onsite services from Beacon.

“Family supportive housing has changed my life,” Jessica cheered. “Having a home in a community you love changes everything. Being in our neighborhood near the schools, shopping, restaurants, and more is so wonderful. And having staff onsite to support us on our journey is something I am thankful for.”

With her firsthand experience, Jessica is eager to see the impact Vista 44 will have for residents and the community at-large.