Publications and
EAH Related Press

 

 

The Employer Assisted Housing Handbook

If you are an employer or a community leader interested in employer assisted housing, this special publication is meant for you. As a guide to both employers and community leaders, it provides a clear overview of practical EAH strategies that have created strong workforce housing programs throughout Minnesota.

The guide provides several concrete program options, offers suggestions for how to attract local affordable housing resources and expertise, and provides profiles of many successful EAH programs and projects in Minnesota.

 




Download the
EAH Handbook (.pdf)

Download a
printable brochure (.pdf)

 

 
 

Not Your Average Corporate Housing

"Some Minnesota companies hope to attract workers to their areas by helping narrow the gap between a middle-class income and an affordable home."

A frontpage feature story published by the Minneapolis Star Tribune of key Employer Assisted Housing efforts assisted by GMHF.

 


Read about EAH efforts
statewide in Minnesota

 

Worker Housing, Marshall Model Worth Noting

"Look southwest to Marshall for the latest example of Minnesota-style problem solving. That's where the Schwan Food Co. just made a $1.5 million contribution to a projects that by 2009 will build 270 new housing units, most of them affordable by Schwan's employees."

Read this feature editorial exploring the balance between public, nonprofit and private support for affordable workforce housing.

 

 

 
Read reaction to EAH
efforts in Greater Minnesota