Hennepin County Housing
Building a foundation for all
Support across the housing spectrum
A safe and affordable place to live is the foundation on which people build successful lives. At Hennepin County, we work to develop a range of affordable housing options across income levels. We call it the affordable housing spectrum. We also work to make homelessness rare, brief, and nonrecurring.
This spectrum is the heart of our housing strategy at Hennepin County—helping everyone across the continuum gain access to greater housing stability.
Making a difference
Our programs and strategies have very real impacts on the lives of thousands of people living in our county. Read some of their stories.
Affordable housing across the county
We fund affordable housing projects across the county, in both metro and suburban areas, providing a diversity of housing choice for people who have varying needs and situations.
Hennepin County emergency rental assistance
The county’s 2026 budget included $9.6 million to prevent more than 2,500 evictions through the county’s emergency rent assistance program, Rent Help Hennepin.
Collaborating to conserve: our weatherization pilot
Late last year, we completed a weatherization and home repair pilot that saved homeowners an average of $346.69 in total energy savings per household per year.
Families are facing a crisis
53,090 households in Hennepin County make below 30% of the area median income, but there are only 18,705 housing units affordable to them.
Disparities in housing affordability
We also see significant racial disparities in households that spend more than a third of their income on housing.
