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Religious leaders, community members and low income housing developers founded MICAH in 1988 in response to the accelerating homeless crisis. Through MICAH, more than 150 congregations from Jewish, Christian and Muslim faith traditions organize for justice in housing. We envision a metropolitan area where everyone without exception has a safe, decent and affordable place to call home.
Since its inception, MICAH has gained extensive experience waging local and regional policy campaigns to change policies and shift public resources to affordable housing. Our grassroots organizing model develops congregational leaders who speak out.
Living Out the Mission
Find out how we put our faith into action.
MICAH has built relationships, established ourselves as an affordable housing resource, given decision-makers essential guideposts against which to make sound choices, built our credibility at the local level, and developed a history of affordable housing campaign victories including:
- 5500 families have an affordable home because MICAH leaders spoke up of their development or preservation.
- 20% set-aside policy. Minneapolis housing policy now guarantees that all new housing development with 10 or more units will set aside 20% of those units as affordable. It also targets the city’s housing dollars to individuals earning below 50% of the metropolitan median income (MMI).
- 27 land use plans have been strengthened to reduce regulatory barriers to affordable housing, including inclusionary zoning, increased housing densities, and reducing development fees.
- In coalition, we increased state appropriations by $52 million for affordable housing programs.
- We increased local investment in affordable housing by supporting the Minneapolis Housing Trust Fund and incentive funds in Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin and Ramsey counties.
At MICAH our most important function is to make possible the empowerment of many by growing the numbers of leaders for action and growing the number of congregations committed to affordable housing.
Please join us TODAY to ensure MORE children, and parents and elders in our communities have a safe, affordable place to live. Click on DONATE at the top of this page or send your contribution to:
MICAH, 2233 University Ave. Suite 434, Saint Paul, MN 55114
The Ibo tribe in Nigeria have a proverb that says, “It is the heart that gives; the fingers just let go.”
Giving is something that only the heart can do. The heart knows that all belongs to all so when we live from the heart, we are free to give without fearful clinging.
~ Br. David Steindl-Rast
