Heritage Park Relocation
At a glance
Based on human-uploaded captions, which may still contain errors in names and numbers.
- What: the city's voluntary relocation policy (adopted August 13, 2026) for renters at the Heritage Park housing development, plus rehabilitation of the buildings under a court-appointed receiver.
- Where it stands: on October 20, 2026 the committee sent a contract amendment for North Point Health and Wellness to the full Council without recommendation and received and filed a staff report responding to a legislative directive.
- Next: full Council vote on the contract; the deadline for remaining residents to move is January 21, 2027 (the Community Planning and Economic Development director may extend it).
Contract amendment (agenda item 13)
- Adds $766,000 to the North Point contract (originally $175,000, signed early September) for a total not to exceed $941,291. The total includes relocation assistance funds North Point disburses on the city's behalf.
- Council Member Warren moved to send it forward without recommendation.
Staff update (item 14)
- Community Planning and Economic Development (CPED) Director Eric Hansen and staff reported that October 15 was the deadline for eligible residents to opt in: 31 of 81 eligible households did. About 211 units remain occupied. Some have already received moving stipends or rent assistance.
- Of the $2.5 million allocated this summer, funds are split between relocation and rehabilitation; a separate $500,000 from 2025 is replacing at least 88 furnaces to keep buildings warm this winter. The housing authority is working on a separate effort to approve two buildings for its transfer residents.
Disagreements
- Council Member Warren (Ward 5) objected to spending on furnaces in buildings she said must be gutted, said she does not accept the health department's view on mold in HVAC systems, and asked for a combined report from regulatory services, fire inspections and others. Eric Hansen said occupied units need reliable heat this winter and that inspection findings are a series of code violations rather than a pass or fail; no unit has met the threshold for condemnation.
- Chair Osman asked why the buildings had not been condemned if conditions were as shown. Warren said no fire inspection report exists and that the receiver's report states the property is not habitable.
- Council Member Chughtai said it was frustrating that regulatory services staff were not present to answer questions, and that the Council has given little scrutiny to why inspections lapsed after 2019.
From the video (October 27, 2026)
The Business, Housing and Zoning Committee forwarded the related decertification without recommendation. See 2026-10-27 - Committee of the Whole.
Sources
- 2026-10-20 - Business, Housing & Zoning Committee (video of the October 20, 2026 meeting)
- 2026-10-20 - Business, Housing & Zoning Committee
- Minneapolis agenda portal: https://lims.minneapolismn.gov
Discussion time
About 32 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).
| Meeting | Minutes |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 - Business, Housing & Zoning Committee | 32 |
Log
- 2026-10-20 - Business, Housing & Zoning Committee - contract amendment sent to the Council without recommendation on a voice vote; legislative directive report received and filed; sharp exchange over furnaces and inspections between Council Member Warren, Chair Osman and Eric Hansen.
2026-10-20 - Business, Housing & Zoning Committee
Marked agenda: the contract increase to NorthPoint Health and Wellness (a $738,622 increase, new maximum $913,622 per the agenda) was sent forward without recommendation; the legislative directive report was received and filed. The video summary gives slightly different dollar figures; the marked agenda figures are the official ones.