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This bill amends Minnesota's zoning laws to facilitate the establishment of emergency shelter facilities by defining these facilities and expanding their permitted locations. Specifically, the bill defines an "emergency shelter facility" as a safe and accessible space providing shelter for individuals or families experiencing homelessness, whether during the day, overnight, or both. The legislation mandates that emergency shelter facilities must be allowed as a permitted use on any lot zoned for multifamily residential housing, commercial uses, or industrial uses. Additionally, the bill clarifies that emergency shelter facilities are not automatically prohibited from lots zoned for other purposes, leaving room for local zoning regulations to potentially permit such facilities in other districts. By making these changes, the bill aims to increase the flexibility for creating emergency shelters and potentially address housing insecurity by removing some zoning barriers that might previously have restricted shelter development.

Government Affairs

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF1299&ssn=0&y=2025