Bill > HF2695

This bill modifies Minnesota Statutes to expand the list of entities eligible for challenge grants or loans and adjust funding provisions for educational institutions. Specifically, the bill adds "contract alternative schools" and "Tribal contract schools" to the existing list of eligible recipients for housing-related grants and loans, which previously included cities, Tribal housing corporations, nonprofit organizations, school districts, and charter schools. The bill ensures that these newly added school types can receive grants under $100,000 and, if using the grant to construct homes for owner occupancy, must require future occupants to participate in homeownership education counseling and training. The changes aim to broaden access to housing development funding for different types of educational institutions, with a goal of maintaining a balanced distribution of housing units between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas. The bill appears to be a technical amendment to expand funding opportunities for alternative and Tribal contract schools in Minnesota's housing development programs.

Housing and Urban Affairs

https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bills/bill.php?b=House&f=HF2695&ssn=0&y=2025