Our Future Starts at Home

04/27/2026

As the Minnesota Legislature’s 2026 session comes to a close,join MHP and co-hosts at La Doña Cervecería to celebrate the work of housing champions and lawmakers this session. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pints-policy-progress-happy-hour-tickets-1986936030153?aff=oddtdtcreator&keep_tld=true

04/23/2026

We are rocking and rolling in St. Paul for the 2026 Our Future Starts at Home day at the capitol!

04/13/2026

Join Our Future Starts at Home on April 23rd, to advocate directly with lawmakers for the greatest possible funding for housing this session, and for future efforts to secure dedicated revenue for home. Learn more and register:

Join Our Future Starts at Home for a day at the Capitol on Thursday, April 23, 2026, to advocate directly with lawmakers for the greatest possible funding for housing this session, and for future efforts to secure dedicated revenue for home. Where: Minnesota Capitol, 75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King J...

03/23/2026

We are continuing to build momentum! Our Future Starts at Home has confirmed our next hearing, will be in the Senate’s State and Local Government Committee on Tuesday, from 11am - 2:30pm. Learn more:

Our Future Starts at Home, S.F. 2621 (Mohamed), has been confirmed for our next hearing, in the Senate’s State and Local Government Committee next Tuesday, March 24, from 11:00 a.m. - 2:30 pm.

03/10/2026

This morning the Senate Health and Human Services Committee passed the Our Future Starts at Home Constitutional Amendment for Housing. We are continuing to build momentum!

Thank you to our champion and chief author, Senator Zaynab Mohamed, and Health and Human Services Chair Senator Melissa Halvorson Wiklund for hearing the bill.

03/03/2026

Happening Now: The Housing and Homelessness Prevention committee is hearing the Our Future Starts at Home bill.

This critical legislation will give Minnesotans the opportunity to vote on a constitutional amendment to establish dedicated predictable funding for homes.

Agenda:Research Overview: How Housing Supply Affects AffordabilityS.F. 3839 (Port) Housing infrastructure bond issue and appropriationS.F. 4044 (Nelson) Minn...

11/07/2025

Join Our Future Starts at Home for a special conversation about successful ballot campaigns for affordable homes in CO and LA. We welcome Zach Martinez of Colorado and Aditi Shakkawar of Los Angeles to share stories of campaign strategies for election day success and expectations and results for affordable homes post-election.

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Our Future Starts at Home Coalition Meeting: Lessons from Colorado and Los Angeles. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

10/06/2025

HUD and USDA Tenants’ Rights During a Government Shutdown

09/30/2025

We want every Minnesotan – Black, white and Indigenous, Minnesota born or newcomer, small-town and city dweller – to have a place to call home in our community. That's why Our Future Starts at Home is advocating for dedicated revenue for housing.

09/15/2025

Our Future Starts at Home is fighting for dedicated revenue for housing that will raise critical, predictable funding so Minnesotans can afford a home! Come join us:

DEDICATED REVENUE for Housing Our Future Starts at Home Get Involved Our Future Starts at Home is fighting to make sure our families and future generations of Minnesotans can live and thrive here. Dedicated revenue will make stable housing affordable by dedicating sustainable funding for housing. We...

09/12/2025

Making sure people, whether our loved ones or complete strangers, have a safe place to lay their heads at night means our neighborhoods are more vibrant, our communities are more secure and our state thrives.