Rent assistance vouchers for 220,000 Minnesota households proposed at Capitol
The $1.7 billion voucher program is one of many housing proposals brewing this session
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January 12, 2023
Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune
Theresa Dolata came to the Capitol Wednesday for a rally calling for spending on housing this session.
A first-of-its-kind rent voucher proposal that could help 220,000 Minnesota households is percolating at the State Capitol.
The program would cost roughly $1.7 billion each year - about 6% of the current state budget - and reduce the number of people who have languished on waitlists for housing subsidies through a government program known as Section 8.
"That would drastically change my life. I wouldn't have to worry about, 'Oh, can I afford these groceries?' " said housing advocate Theresa Dolata,who said she spends 70% of her Social Security disability check on her Minneapolis apartment. She has been on the Section 8 waitlist for almost four years and anticipates she could wait another decade.
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