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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 inte

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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. 

October 31, 2023

We, the unhoused

We, the unhoused

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.

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September 2, 2023

Who’s this Gertrude Brown person anyway? One anecdote

Willy Gertrude Brown stared down cops on multiple occasions and won.

September 2, 2023

Minneapolis zoning allows for intentional community cluster developments

Land of 10,000 square feet or more anywhere in Minneapolis can be approved for an "intentional community cluster development" that makes much