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Welcome to the City of Minneapolis office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy newsletter. Here you will find information on program and partner related news and updates, opportunities, events and special announcements.
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News: Applications open for Gap Funds for Housing for renters through noon Monday, April 27
The City of Minneapolis is taking applications for the City’s $3 million in Gap Funds for Housing for renters from April 22 through noon, Monday, April 27.
Applications are available in five languages.
Apply online or call
Applicants can apply online or call the Tenant Resource Center at 612-302-3129. Callers will need to leave a voicemail message. An intake worker will return the voicemail message within three days.
The Gap Funds for Housing will establish an Emergency Housing Assistance program for citywide emergency rental assistance and open the successful, existing Stable Homes Stable Schools initiative to all Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) elementary schools.
The amount of assistance provided will depend on the individual needs of the household, taking into consideration other resources the household is eligible to receive. In most cases, the maximum amount of assistance will not exceed $1,500 per household, but providers will have the flexibility to provide up to $2,000 under extraordinary circumstances. Eligible expenses include rent payments, utility payments and/or other housing stability related costs.
Learn more about Minneapolis Gap Funds for Housing.
Applications now closed for City's no-interest small business loans
The City received more than 1,200 applications for the no-interest small business loans as part of the Gap Funding for Small Businesses. Since there are more applications than funds available, the City will use a random, anonymized lottery process to select which applicants will receive the loan. Given the volume of applications staff needs to review, the goal is to begin sending out notification as soon as possible in the next two weeks.
Donations for gap funding
The City is open to accepting donations from private individuals or entities for the Gap Funds for Housing and the forgivable 0% interest loans for Small Business Program. Donors could direct their donations to be expended in a manner consistent with the program guidelines but would not have any additional control over how the donation is allocated. Please contact the City if you are interested in donating.
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