Housing Team meeting, September 18, 2024
On September 18, your housing team met to discuss the NHA/Dream Development response to our RFQ. That discussion included setting a date for an interview with them and reviewing in detail their response, which then created some questions to ask them at that interview....
Housing Team Update
Your housing team has taken the month of August off. After putting in extra time and effort to draw up the RFQ (Request For Qualifications) and sending it to four developers for their response, we decided it would be appropriate to take August off. To date we have...
From the July meeting …
At our July meeting, we took the next step in our housing journey. Most of our meeting was taken up with editing, crafting, honing, and otherwise perfecting the Request For Qualifications (RFQ). This is the letter we will send to several of the area affordable housing...
St. Paul’s Housing Research Team FAQ Sheet
Why Housing? Why Now? Why us? Ask a member of our Housing Research team and you’ll find we have many housing stories and motivations. Here are motivations we share: Everyone lives somewhere. Shelter is a basic need. The more stable our housing, the better our...
Field Trip Details – June 20
As you will remember, there was a field trip planned to the Northwest Housing Alternatives (NHA) this past May 23rd. However, on May 22nd Trell, the NHA presenter, called to report he was in bed sick, and had been there for a week! Having recovered and returned to...
We Counted Your Vote
On June 9th after much good conversation inspired by thoughtful, caring questions, the vote was taken to see if St. Paul's UMC would continue to pursue the creation of affordable housing. Here is the tally of the referendum: 21 fives, 2 fours, 5 threes, 2...