Housing program changes could affect Minnesotans

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Scott Turner recently announced major federal funding reforms to homelessness housing programs pointing to the need for increased accountability, but local organizations are linking arms standing up against funding changes that they say could negatively impact thousands of Minnesotans.

Minneapolis rent price-fixing lawsuit settlement proposed by DOJ

Under the proposed settlement, RealPage would agree to stop using real-time data to set rental prices. It would also cooperate with the Justice Department's lawsuit against five major landlords, including four that operate in the Twin Cities.

Oshki-Gakeyaa affordable housing community opens in Minneapolis

A 24-unit affordable housing development opens on Thursday in Minneapolis. The Minnesota Indian Women's Resource Center will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of Oshki-Gakeyaa, which means "new way." Twenty units are dedicated to high-priority unsheltered single relatives through coordinated entry referrals, while four are reserved for individuals with disabilities referred directly through MIWRC.

Hairstylist aims to help those in need

Not everyone has access to a barber or hairstylist, but one Minneapolis stylist wants to change that by offering her talent to those who need it most an event called ?lineup at the library.? FOX 9?s Maury Glover has the details on the cause.