How We Work
Illuminating solutions. Sparking change.
At Family Housing Fund, we believe every person deserves a place to call home.
A safe, decent home is the bedrock for families. We know that when more people have access to decent, affordable housing, everyone in our region benefits from increased health, safety, prosperity, and community. And quality, well managed housing is a magnet for additional investments that build stronger communities. Housing is the foundation that builds success stories.
We also know that not everyone in our region has access to a safe, decent, affordable home. Many Black, Indigenous, and families of color have been intentionally excluded from the stability and opportunity that affordable housing can provide. The Family Housing Fund is focused on disrupting the harmful policies and practices that make affordable housing inaccessible, replacing them with those that shape a strong, equitable and resilient regional housing system.
Read more about how we work in our strategy refresh framework.
Our Goals
The marketplace is fair and predictable, and low- and moderate-income families have equitable access to opportunities to build wealth and live in healthy, affordable homes throughout the region.
STRATEGIES TO SPARK AND CATALYZE CHANGE
- Improve housing stability by reducing involuntary moves and displacement.
- Ensure homes in the region are decent and affordable.
- Replace exclusive rental screening practices and mortgage credit application standards with criteria that more accurately predict indicators of success.
- Expand affordability through rental subsidies and income supports to ensure families have true choice in housing throughout the region.
- Leverage housing investments to build wealth for low- and moderate-income people—particularly BIPOC households—and the communities they call home.
- Increase homeownership opportunities for BIPOC households, including owner-occupant landlords of small, multi-family properties.
Read more about our program activities to expand opportunities.
More units are preserved and produced, using practices that are efficient and cost effective. New solutions and partners disrupt entrenched practices, resulting in housing that is decent, affordable and equitable for families living in the Twin Cities.
STRATEGIES TO SPARK AND CATALYZE CHANGE
- Increase housing choices by expanding new approaches to development and preservation in the region.
- Inform local policy throughout the region to preserve and produce housing, advance racial equity, and connect cities’ actions for regional impact.
- Preserve government-assisted affordable homes.
- Champion development strategies that value gentle density and add vital entry-level homeownership options, accessory dwelling units and small, multi-family properties.
A broader set of champions take coordinated actions that advance housing solutions for the Twin Cities region.
STRATEGIES TO SPARK AND CATALYZE CHANGE
- Elevate housing to be broadly viewed as critical infrastructure that is vital to the region’s prosperity and a vehicle to end racial disparities.
- Lead our region toward embracing a mindset of opportunity, grounded in the belief that we can work together to solve the housing problems we face.
- Draw attention to emerging and unattended housing problems that require new solutions and investments.
- Position the housing community to take full advantage of new public will and resolve.
- Build more power within the housing system by providing deeper support to BIPOC housing partners and developers.
Read more about our program activities to activate housing champions.
Explore Our Innovation Cycle
We work in a cycle of innovation in pursuit of a housing system that works for everyone.