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A triptych of three photographs showing small houses of different kinds. The first photograhp has five micro peaked roof houses in a row receding into a background with hills, a doghouse in front and a house being built in the back. The second has seven small houses with gently sloped roofs and various colors along a lanterned path, with a pond in the foreground. The third shows four shipping container based houses along a splitting gravel path.
November 10, 2023

Intentional Community Cluster Developments as conceived by Minneapolis

On 2018 December 7 councilmembers Cam Gordon, Jeremy Schroeder, and Jeremiah Ellison introduced an ordinance to the Minneapolis City Council to amend regulations related to intentional community cluster developments. The amendment allowed a configuration of small dwelling units or rooming units and a common house on a lot. The noted intent is to provide an affordable housing option for residents who are unhoused or housing unstable.

Department of Community Planning and Economic Development staff prepared a report for the City Planning Commission and presented it on 2019 October 21 supporting the implementation of intentional community cluster developments.

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November 4, 2023

The real state of homelessness in the city

Minneapolis's response to homelessness is cruel, unethical, and ineffective. 

Sunflowers growing in the foreground of Near North camp, with a sided self-build building, several recreational vehicles, and a standalone wood-sided enclosed shower stall building before bits of the skyline of Minneapolis and a deep blue and white clouds sky.
September 2, 2023

Our plan for housing people as quickly and affordably as possible

Encampments have proven people can house themselves quickly and inexpensively.  Now to make it legal and stable, better and more beautiful, and all that unhoused people have dreamt of.  Starting more modestly, our plan includes private, individual housing units under the control of the person or people living in each; shared community building for socializing, cooking, bathrooms, and showers; people living on the land make all the key decisions about their community; and common outdoor green space, including garden and trees.

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