1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to housing; establishing the African American workforce and affordable
1.3 homeownership development program; appropriating money; proposing coding
1.4 for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 462A.
1.5BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.6 Section 1. [462A.381] AFRICAN AMERICAN WORKFORCE AND AFFORDABLE
1.7HOMEOWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
1.8 Subdivision 1.Establishment.The African American workforce and affordable
1.9homeownership development program is established to award homeownership and workforce
1.10development grants to cities, Tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, cooperatives
1.11created under chapter 308A, 308B, or 308C, and community land trusts created for the
1.12purposes outlined in section 462A.31, subdivision 1, for development of affordable
1.13homeownership projects targeted to African Americans using African Americans in the
1.14workforce. The purpose of the program is to increase the supply of affordable,
1.15owner-occupied multifamily or single-family housing throughout the state for African
1.16Americans using African Americans as the production workforce.
1.17 Subd. 2.Use of funds.(a) Grant funds awarded under this program shall be used for:
1.18 (1) land acquisition;
1.19 (2) environmental cleanup;
1.20 (3) design costs;
1.21 (4) rehabilitation costs;
1Section 1.
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SENATE
STATE OF MINNESOTA
S.F. No. 2423NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
(SENATE AUTHORS: CHAMPION and Boldon)
OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE
Introduction and first reading74803/13/2025
Referred to Housing and Homelessness Prevention
Comm report: To pass as amended and re-refer to Jobs and Economic Development03/20/2025
Author added Boldon 2.1 (5) construction training and various job placement activities on projects funded under
2.2this section; or
2.3 (6) affordable single-family residential housing development.
2.4 (b) Grant funds awarded under this program must be used for the following costs
2.5associated with targeted African American affordable homeownership and workforce
2.6development and utilization:
2.7 (1) creating or expanding African American-run business development programs;
2.8 (2) creating or expanding African American-run job training programs;
2.9 (3) creating or expanding African American-run job placement programs; or
2.10 (4) creating or expanding African American-run housing organizations' capacity to
2.11participate in the objectives of this section.
2.12 (c) A project funded through the grant program shall serve African American households
2.13with incomes at or below 80 percent of the state median income.
2.14 Subd. 3.Application.The commissioner shall develop forms and procedures for soliciting
2.15and reviewing applications for grants under this section. The commissioner shall consult
2.16with interested stakeholders and African Americans selected by the Council for Minnesotans
2.17of African Heritage when developing guidelines and procedures for the program. In making
2.18grants, the commissioner shall establish semiannual application deadlines when grants may
2.19be authorized from available appropriations.
2.20 Sec. 2. APPROPRIATION; AFRICAN AMERICAN WORKFORCE AND
2.21AFFORDABLE HOMEOWNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.
2.22 $....... in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the general fund to the commissioner of
2.23housing finance for the African American workforce and affordable homeownership
2.24development program as specified in section 1.
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