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Family Affordable Housing Program Overview

The Council's Family Affordable Housing Program (FAHP) is a federally funded affordable family rental housing program providing affordable housing units throughout the region.

The program was established in January 2000, and was designed in part to help implement the 1995 Hollmann consent decree, which seeks to reduce concentrated areas of poverty by dispersing affordable housing throughout the metro region.

The Council owns 150 homes, townhomes, and condominiums with two to five bedrooms throughout the region, which are rented to low and moderate income families on affordable housing waiting lists.

Residents are carefully selected based on their rental and criminal histories, and on their potential to be self-sufficient, pay their rent on time, maintain their property, and be good neighbors. Residents pay 30% of their adjusted income for rent, with federal funds making up the balance.

Day to day property management is provided by a professional property management firm. Council staff provide professional asset management to ensure all units are managed and maintained according to Council standards and are long-term community and neighborhood assets.

The 150 FAHP units are located in eleven cities throughout Anoka, Hennepin, and Ramsey counties. The FAHP assists communities in meeting their affordable housing goals. Participating cities include Blaine, Coon Rapids, Edina, Eden Prairie, Golden Valley, Minnetonka, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Richfield, Roseville, and Shoreview. Each have a range of 10 to 20 FAHP units.