Minneapolis seeks housing equality. Is building more homes enough?
Sarah Hopkins has lived in her two-story gray house on this relatively quiet block in northeast Minneapolis for six years, in harmony with her fellow renters, homeowners, and multifamily dwellers.
But she has mixed feelings about the changes her block is about to see. The city recently approved a local development project to build a four-story, 23-unit apartment building on a single lot across the street.
“It’s a weird place for an apartment,” says Ms. Hopkins, whose street is one block from a busy thoroughfare. “The aesthetic does concern me, and it will be a lot of extra action on the block. Where will they all park? What type of people will be living there?”
“If the housing is affordable, I’ll be fine with it,” says Seth Wester, a renter on the same block, out on a morning walk. “But as a millennial, 100% affordable housing?
