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B+ dad and PhD housing researcher at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs - University of Minnesota. Bucks, Packers, Hawkeyes and Marquette too

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is that good

06.03.2026 14:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ridiculous!

05.03.2026 20:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Ain't no law up there anyway

05.03.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
05.03.2026 18:22 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This whole movement in Minnesota has been easier said than done but we still did it and are doing it! How are you going to say things like this with a straight face to people who have spent months running toward danger, facing down men with guns, and being assaulted by federal agents?

05.03.2026 14:50 πŸ‘ 16 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey @ grok. What are some based ways I can slash the budget

05.03.2026 14:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Units across the university are modeling potential double digit potential cuts

05.03.2026 14:08 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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two men are laughing and one of them says for the love of god cherish it ALT: two men are laughing and one of them says for the love of god cherish it

Me whenever anybody says "I can't wait to have kids"

05.03.2026 14:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
RESIDENTS PRIORITIZED RENT
At the outset, a few alarms went off. β€œThe first report was not so great,” Schwartz said. β€œCollection levels were lower than I 
expected [at 69.2 percent]. It quickly became alarming info that was flashing across the bottom of the CNN telecast. But it 
turned out to be more of an aberration because the first day of the month that month fell on a Sunday. [NMHC] adjusted 
how we defined the rent payment due date and what was considered β€˜late’ for renters and the collection percentages 
improved [to 78.0 percent] from there.”
β€œAs we moved along with the survey, the proverbial β€˜shoe’ never dropped,” Zrimsek added. β€œThe cliff never came.”
For Jay Parsons, vice president, head of economics and industry principal at RealPage, the big surprise in the data was 
β€œthe resilience of apartment renters. While a small share did indeed struggle and that warrants attention, the good news is 
the vast majority of renters were able and willing to pay the rent.”
β€œDelinquency could have been much worse with the magnitude of job loss early in the pandemic,” said Laurie Baker, COO 
at Camden Property Trust.

RESIDENTS PRIORITIZED RENT At the outset, a few alarms went off. β€œThe first report was not so great,” Schwartz said. β€œCollection levels were lower than I expected [at 69.2 percent]. It quickly became alarming info that was flashing across the bottom of the CNN telecast. But it turned out to be more of an aberration because the first day of the month that month fell on a Sunday. [NMHC] adjusted how we defined the rent payment due date and what was considered β€˜late’ for renters and the collection percentages improved [to 78.0 percent] from there.” β€œAs we moved along with the survey, the proverbial β€˜shoe’ never dropped,” Zrimsek added. β€œThe cliff never came.” For Jay Parsons, vice president, head of economics and industry principal at RealPage, the big surprise in the data was β€œthe resilience of apartment renters. While a small share did indeed struggle and that warrants attention, the good news is the vast majority of renters were able and willing to pay the rent.” β€œDelinquency could have been much worse with the magnitude of job loss early in the pandemic,” said Laurie Baker, COO at Camden Property Trust.

Landlords benefitted from the enhanced unemployment benefits enacted in the CARES Act, because tenants used it to pay rent, the emergency rental assistance in the ARP, plus the CARES Act loan programs

In the landlords' own words: "the proverbial β€˜shoe’ never dropped . . . The cliff never came"

05.03.2026 03:31 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It was not even a particularly good shirt but I'm glad he was a fan of Marquette Students for Obama

05.03.2026 03:11 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much for this honor! All thanks to the wonderful organizers in Philly who let me document these struggles and approach to educational justice in the city!

04.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 34 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Sunny boys selling gas out of plastic garbage cans.

Sunny boys selling gas out of plastic garbage cans.

You laughed at these men, who's laughing now?

04.03.2026 21:56 πŸ‘ 56 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The late Desmond Tutu requested (and was gifted) a t-shirt that I designed.

04.03.2026 21:41 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

A master class in how the police force will use malicious compliance to actively destroy the law by technicality

They can't arrest ICE if they can't be near them

They aren't helping ICE if they don't*personally* cuff abductees

They can be 'keep the peace' with crowd control but not ICE control

04.03.2026 21:26 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hell yeah Ish!

04.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

🚨

04.03.2026 19:05 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Pause Evictions, Save Lives, which temporarily extends eviction notice filings from 30 to 60 days, was approved by the City Council committee yesterday with 7 votes for, 5 against, and 1 abstain.

The full council will vote on this again tomorrow. Read more: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...

04.03.2026 18:35 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1

I think about this take more often than I'd like to.

04.03.2026 02:39 πŸ‘ 5156 πŸ” 1174 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 8

🧹

04.03.2026 18:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Grandpa Simpson at a typewriter

Grandpa Simpson at a typewriter

Dear Mr. President,

There are too many Tims nowaways, please eliminate three. I am not a crackpot.

04.03.2026 17:57 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Yes, That Mancini’s: How a Legendary St. Paul Steakhouse Raised $35K for the Resistance - Racket β€˜The Gathering for Good’ brought the West 7th neighborhood together.

What a great story. For years, we’ve taken out of town guests to Mancini’s because it’s a quick way to get a feel for Real Saint Paul (and have some great food and cocktails).

Neighbors and friends matter here.

racketmn.com/yes-that-man...

04.03.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

If I’m getting it right watching this Council meeting. MPD wants ~$40M for a cop training facility. But over the last couple weeks moderates have handwrung about $1M in rental aid and $7M in business aid?

MPD was $20M over budget last year? And they’ve been MIA protecting us? I got all that right?

04.03.2026 16:33 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
Public Policy β€” HOME Line 2026 Legislative Agenda (Downloadable PDF copy here. Note: postedΒ 2/12/26β€”additional legislative proposals may be added to this agenda.) HOME Line is a nonprofit tenant advocacy organization providing...

Nonprofit developers also opposed advocacy efforts to include enactment of a statewide eviction moratorium to the Homes for All coalition state legislative agenda.

And they were successfulβ€”it's not on the agenda: homesforallmn.org/h4a-2025-age...

It's on ours: homelinemn.org/public-policy/

03.03.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 27 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

yellow tree contributed $5,000 to we love minneapolis last year and are notorious for labor violations. CTUL has been asking them to sign on to the building dignity and respect program for years now to protect construction workers on their job sites

sahanjournal.com/business-wor...

04.03.2026 15:59 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 22 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Correct. Very close to finding a combo tv/dvd/vhs player

04.03.2026 14:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Who has the momentum?

04.03.2026 03:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They got up there and without any evidence said extending the pre-notice would make things worse for tenants. That's simply not true. If you say you can't make the finances work that's one thing, but there is no world where an extra month of rent debt is worst than an UD and homelessness

04.03.2026 03:41 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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deflating squidward

deflating squidward

03.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm jokerfying in real time listening to this hearing

03.03.2026 20:45 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0