| 1 | 1 | | 1.1 A bill for an act |
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| 2 | 2 | | 1.2 relating to housing; appropriating money to Community Mediation Minnesota for |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1.3 a statewide housing mediation program. |
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| 4 | 4 | | 1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: |
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| 5 | 5 | | 1.5 Section 1. APPROPRIATION. |
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| 6 | 6 | | 1.6 $2,200,000 in fiscal year 2026 and $2,200,000 in fiscal year 2027 are appropriated from |
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| 7 | 7 | | 1.7the general fund to the commissioner of the Minnesota Housing Finance Agency for a grant |
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| 8 | 8 | | 1.8to Community Mediation Minnesota to administer a statewide housing mediation program |
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| 9 | 9 | | 1.9to support renters and residential rental property owners. The program must: |
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| 10 | 10 | | 1.10 (1) provide housing dispute resolution services to renters and rental property owners |
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| 11 | 11 | | 1.11and homeowners; |
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| 12 | 12 | | 1.12 (2) increase awareness of and access to housing dispute resolution services statewide; |
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| 13 | 13 | | 1.13 (3) provide dispute resolution services, including but not limited to eviction prevention, |
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| 14 | 14 | | 1.14mediation, and navigation services; |
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| 15 | 15 | | 1.15 (4) partner with culturally specific dispute resolution programs to provide training and |
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| 16 | 16 | | 1.16assistance with virtual and in-person mediation and resolution services; |
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| 17 | 17 | | 1.17 (5) increase mediation services for seniors and renters with disabilities and illnesses who |
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| 18 | 18 | | 1.18face housing instability; |
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| 19 | 19 | | 1.19 (6) increase the diversity and cultural competency of the housing mediator roster; |
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| 20 | 20 | | 1.20 (7) integrate housing mediation services with navigation and resource connection services, |
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| 21 | 21 | | 1.21legal assistance, and court services programs; |
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| 22 | 22 | | 1Section 1. |
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| 23 | 23 | | 25-00563 as introduced11/19/24 REVISOR MS/MI |
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| 24 | 24 | | SENATE |
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| 25 | 25 | | STATE OF MINNESOTA |
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| 26 | 26 | | S.F. No. 830NINETY-FOURTH SESSION |
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| 27 | 27 | | (SENATE AUTHORS: BOLDON, Port, Mohamed and Putnam) |
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| 28 | 28 | | OFFICIAL STATUSD-PGDATE |
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| 29 | 29 | | Introduction and first reading01/30/2025 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Referred to Housing and Homelessness Prevention 2.1 (8) continue to develop and administer evaluation tools to design, modify, and replicate |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2.2effective program outcomes; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2.3 (9) provide for necessary administrative expenses. |
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| 33 | 33 | | 2Section 1. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 25-00563 as introduced11/19/24 REVISOR MS/MI |
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