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Subsidizing Abuse: How Public Financing Fuels Exploitation in Affordable Housing Construction
Minnesota faces a significant shortage of affordable housing. Middle and low income Minnesotans are finding it increasingly difficult to rent or buy a home. The supply of low-cost rental housing in Minnesota has actually fallen by a quarter over the last decade, while...
NSPA is Hiring – Research Director
North Star Policy Action (NSPA) seeks a Research Director to help build our research program and direct projects that lead to policy changes that improve the lives of everyday Minnesotans. The Research Director will be responsible for building a research program,...
Failure is Not an Option
Despite Minnesota having $12.5 billion in one time money and a structural general fund surplus of $6 billion, there is no surplus in transportation funding. This report details decades of declining revenue from dedicated funding sources of transportation...
Underfunded Minnesota: Collective Investment for a Brighter Future
The current budget surplus represents an important opportunity to improve the quality and affordability of life for Minnesotans. For decades, wages have largely stagnated, while workers and families have incurred steeply rising costs for major expenses like childcare,...
Capturing the Moment: A roadmap to high-road carbon capture development
Carbon management technologies are emerging as a critical tool in the fight against climate change. Private sector companies across the United States are investing in ambitious new carbon capture utilization and storage projects. The Biden Administration and Congress...
Losing Ground: State Disinvestment in Students
Our first report, “Losing Ground”, has a simple but stark finding: over the last twenty years, per pupil state aid received by Minnesota school districts declined by 20 percent, after adjusting for inflation. As state aid has fallen off, school districts have asked...
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