• Legislative Meeting: Rep. Agbaje

    Join members of the Emerson Village team and congregations from across the collaborative to meet newly elected state Representative Esther Agbaje. She has signed onto our Bring It Home, MN […]

  • Rent is Due: Day of Action – 5/3/21

    Our vision is that all people have a home. The pandemic and economic crisis are building into an eviction crisis, which could add to the already too large number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness. We cannot let this happen, and home is the solution. We need Bring It Home, MN, a rent subsidy program that […]

  • Hennepin County Funding Vote – 5/11/21

    The Hennepin County HRA (Housing and Redevelopment Authority) will cast a critical vote on capital funding that impacts Vista 44 in Hopkins and Emerson Village in North Minneapolis. Be a […]

  • Minneapolis Housing Committee Meeting – 5/18/21

    The Affordable Housing Trust Fund and Tax Credit programs are two of the biggest sources of funding for the housing we build for residents who have faced many barriers to […]

  • Rent is Due: Day of Action – 6/1/21

    Our vision is that all people have a home. The pandemic and economic crisis are building into an eviction crisis, which could add to the already too large number of […]

  • Met Council CDC Meeting: Project-Based Vouchers – 6/7/21

    Beacon can’t build family supportive housing – like Prairie Pointe in Shakopee – without Project-Based Vouchers (PBVs), awarded through the Met Council’s Community Development Committee (CDC). Because of our organizing […]

  • Rent is Due: Day of Action – 7/1/21

    Our vision is that all people have a home. The pandemic and economic crisis are building into an eviction crisis, which could add to the already too large number of […]

  • Rent is Due: Day of Action – 8/2/21

    Our vision is that all people have a home. The pandemic and economic crisis are building into an eviction crisis, which could add to the already too large number of […]

  • Met Council Public Hearing – 8/16/21

    The development of supportive housing is impossible to build without rent subsidies like Project-Based Vouchers. The Metro HRA is the largest administrator of the Housing Choice Voucher Program in the […]