NALHFA Member Spotlight - Minneapolis Community Planning & Economic Development
NALHFA Affordable Housing PodcastShow Notes
The newest episode of the Affordable Housing Podcast is now available. In this episode, Membership and Operations Associate Allison Ward speaks with Arlene Robinson, Senior Project Coordinator at Minneapolis Community Planning & Economic Development and Becky Landon from the Landon Group to discuss the Hook and Ladder Apartments project that received the prestigious NALHFA Award of Redevelopment Excellence in 2020.
Hook & Ladder Apartments in Minneapolis, Minnesota is an innovative new construction affordable rental project located in Northeast Minneapolis. Completed in 2019, this workforce housing project developed by Newport Midwest includes 118 affordable units in two buildings: a 59-unit building constructed to the Enterprise Green Communities standard, and a 59-unit building built to Passive Housing certification.
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