HOME Line
@homelinemn.org
Free Tenant Hotline: 612-728-5767 / homelinemn.org/email
Providing legal, organizing, educational & advocacy services so Minnesota tenants can solve their rental housing problems.
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Providing legal, organizing, educational & advocacy services so Minnesota tenants can solve their rental housing problems.
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✨ Day 30: Thank you for being part of this movement — for believing in tenant power, collective care, and justice. Continue to follow along with us by signing up for our monthly newsletter.
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HOME Line Connection Newsletter — HOME Line
Are you interested in what’s going on at HOME Line, updates on tenant/landlord issues, proactive tenant-friendly policy efforts at the local, state, and federal level, news about tenant organizing…
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November 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
✨ Day 30: Thank you for being part of this movement — for believing in tenant power, collective care, and justice. Continue to follow along with us by signing up for our monthly newsletter.
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Every call answered, every training attended, every story shared, and every law changed is made possible because of you.
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Every call answered, every training attended, every story shared, and every law changed is made possible because of you.
—into fuel for tenant power, and Austin Fleming, growing our statewide VISTA program.
You saw the strength of our partnerships — with Phillips West, Equity in Place, Housing Justice League, and so many others working toward a shared vision: safe, stable, and dignified homes for all Minnesotans.
You saw the strength of our partnerships — with Phillips West, Equity in Place, Housing Justice League, and so many others working toward a shared vision: safe, stable, and dignified homes for all Minnesotans.
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
—into fuel for tenant power, and Austin Fleming, growing our statewide VISTA program.
You saw the strength of our partnerships — with Phillips West, Equity in Place, Housing Justice League, and so many others working toward a shared vision: safe, stable, and dignified homes for all Minnesotans.
You saw the strength of our partnerships — with Phillips West, Equity in Place, Housing Justice League, and so many others working toward a shared vision: safe, stable, and dignified homes for all Minnesotans.
—and our AmeriCorps VISTA program training the next generation of housing justice leaders.
You met our incredible staff and organizers — like Michael Dahl, leading the most historic legislative wins for renters in Minnesota’s history, Katherine Banbury, who turned her own rental challenges—
You met our incredible staff and organizers — like Michael Dahl, leading the most historic legislative wins for renters in Minnesota’s history, Katherine Banbury, who turned her own rental challenges—
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
—and our AmeriCorps VISTA program training the next generation of housing justice leaders.
You met our incredible staff and organizers — like Michael Dahl, leading the most historic legislative wins for renters in Minnesota’s history, Katherine Banbury, who turned her own rental challenges—
You met our incredible staff and organizers — like Michael Dahl, leading the most historic legislative wins for renters in Minnesota’s history, Katherine Banbury, who turned her own rental challenges—
This month, we shared stories from every corner of our mission — from the tenant hotline that has helped over 342,000 households, to tenant leaders organizing for justice in their own buildings, to coalitions like the Minnesota Tenants Unite Coalition, policy wins that changed state law—
November 30, 2025 at 5:00 PM
This month, we shared stories from every corner of our mission — from the tenant hotline that has helped over 342,000 households, to tenant leaders organizing for justice in their own buildings, to coalitions like the Minnesota Tenants Unite Coalition, policy wins that changed state law—
✨ Day 29: Your donation helps support the expansion of this shared leadership model and fuels the next phase of HOME Line’s impact.
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HOME Line helps tenants by providing the information and advice they need to solve their rental problems. We can only do this work with a strong network of supporters. That’s where you can make the…
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November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
✨ Day 29: Your donation helps support the expansion of this shared leadership model and fuels the next phase of HOME Line’s impact.
homelinemn.org/donate
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🌈This structure reduces reliance on a single leader, supports sustainable growth, and aligns perfectly with our mission of renter-led, community-centered work.
We’re proud to model this approach internally while building external frameworks for power redistribution in housing & tenant organizing.
We’re proud to model this approach internally while building external frameworks for power redistribution in housing & tenant organizing.
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
🌈This structure reduces reliance on a single leader, supports sustainable growth, and aligns perfectly with our mission of renter-led, community-centered work.
We’re proud to model this approach internally while building external frameworks for power redistribution in housing & tenant organizing.
We’re proud to model this approach internally while building external frameworks for power redistribution in housing & tenant organizing.
—organizing insight, and strategic vision to foster a more resilient HOME Line.
🌈Decisions, resources, and strategy draw from the full spectrum of voices — staff, tenants, organizers, and community partners — because we believe housing justice is stronger when power is shared.
🌈Decisions, resources, and strategy draw from the full spectrum of voices — staff, tenants, organizers, and community partners — because we believe housing justice is stronger when power is shared.
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
—organizing insight, and strategic vision to foster a more resilient HOME Line.
🌈Decisions, resources, and strategy draw from the full spectrum of voices — staff, tenants, organizers, and community partners — because we believe housing justice is stronger when power is shared.
🌈Decisions, resources, and strategy draw from the full spectrum of voices — staff, tenants, organizers, and community partners — because we believe housing justice is stronger when power is shared.
Our recent adoption of a shared leadership model reflects our commitment to collective power, mutual accountability, and long-term impact.
Under this model:
🌈Two Co-Executive Directors — Eric Hauge and Jess Zarik — guide the organization together, blending decades of experience—
Under this model:
🌈Two Co-Executive Directors — Eric Hauge and Jess Zarik — guide the organization together, blending decades of experience—
November 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Our recent adoption of a shared leadership model reflects our commitment to collective power, mutual accountability, and long-term impact.
Under this model:
🌈Two Co-Executive Directors — Eric Hauge and Jess Zarik — guide the organization together, blending decades of experience—
Under this model:
🌈Two Co-Executive Directors — Eric Hauge and Jess Zarik — guide the organization together, blending decades of experience—
Commitment:
🕒 About 1–3 hours per month
📅 3-year term (renewable)
🌆 Meetings are accessible and collaborative
✨ Day 28: Interested? Learn more and apply today: forms.gle/hCWZATXtdPKp...
Not ready to join but want to help? Support our renter-led work with a donation.
homelinemn.org/donate
🕒 About 1–3 hours per month
📅 3-year term (renewable)
🌆 Meetings are accessible and collaborative
✨ Day 28: Interested? Learn more and apply today: forms.gle/hCWZATXtdPKp...
Not ready to join but want to help? Support our renter-led work with a donation.
homelinemn.org/donate
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November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Commitment:
🕒 About 1–3 hours per month
📅 3-year term (renewable)
🌆 Meetings are accessible and collaborative
✨ Day 28: Interested? Learn more and apply today: forms.gle/hCWZATXtdPKp...
Not ready to join but want to help? Support our renter-led work with a donation.
homelinemn.org/donate
🕒 About 1–3 hours per month
📅 3-year term (renewable)
🌆 Meetings are accessible and collaborative
✨ Day 28: Interested? Learn more and apply today: forms.gle/hCWZATXtdPKp...
Not ready to join but want to help? Support our renter-led work with a donation.
homelinemn.org/donate
Who We’re Looking For:
We value both professional expertise and lived experience in housing. Whether you’re a tenant, advocate, organizer, lawyer, community leader, or simply someone passionate about fair and affordable housing, your perspective is needed.
We value both professional expertise and lived experience in housing. Whether you’re a tenant, advocate, organizer, lawyer, community leader, or simply someone passionate about fair and affordable housing, your perspective is needed.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Who We’re Looking For:
We value both professional expertise and lived experience in housing. Whether you’re a tenant, advocate, organizer, lawyer, community leader, or simply someone passionate about fair and affordable housing, your perspective is needed.
We value both professional expertise and lived experience in housing. Whether you’re a tenant, advocate, organizer, lawyer, community leader, or simply someone passionate about fair and affordable housing, your perspective is needed.
✅ Ensure financial stability and uphold effective governance
✅ Support and advise our Co-Executive Directors
✅ Serve as ambassadors for housing justice in your communities
✅ Help recruit, onboard, and mentor future board members
✅ Support and advise our Co-Executive Directors
✅ Serve as ambassadors for housing justice in your communities
✅ Help recruit, onboard, and mentor future board members
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November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
✅ Ensure financial stability and uphold effective governance
✅ Support and advise our Co-Executive Directors
✅ Serve as ambassadors for housing justice in your communities
✅ Help recruit, onboard, and mentor future board members
✅ Support and advise our Co-Executive Directors
✅ Serve as ambassadors for housing justice in your communities
✅ Help recruit, onboard, and mentor future board members
As a Board member, you’ll help guide a statewide nonprofit that provides free & low-cost legal, organizing, education, and advocacy services to help tenants solve their housing problems & build renter power.
What Board Members Do:
✅ Provide strategic leadership and oversight to advance our mission
What Board Members Do:
✅ Provide strategic leadership and oversight to advance our mission
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November 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM
As a Board member, you’ll help guide a statewide nonprofit that provides free & low-cost legal, organizing, education, and advocacy services to help tenants solve their housing problems & build renter power.
What Board Members Do:
✅ Provide strategic leadership and oversight to advance our mission
What Board Members Do:
✅ Provide strategic leadership and oversight to advance our mission
✨ Day 27: Your donation keeps those lifelines reaching mailboxes every day. Donate today to ensure the program remains a lifeline for tenants for years to come.
homelinemn.org/donate
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Donate to HOME Line — HOME Line
HOME Line helps tenants by providing the information and advice they need to solve their rental problems. We can only do this work with a strong network of supporters. That’s where you can make the…
homelinemn.org
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
✨ Day 27: Your donation keeps those lifelines reaching mailboxes every day. Donate today to ensure the program remains a lifeline for tenants for years to come.
homelinemn.org/donate
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✅2020: 2,076 (Twin Cities metro area only, eviction moratorium in effect)
✅2021: 2,677 (eviction moratorium in effect, project expanded statewide in late 2020)
✅2022: 19,982
✅2023: 24,602 (highest residential eviction filing rate in recent history)
✅2024: 22,300
✅2025: 21,035 (as of 10/31)
✅2020: 2,076 (Twin Cities metro area only, eviction moratorium in effect)
✅2021: 2,677 (eviction moratorium in effect, project expanded statewide in late 2020)
✅2022: 19,982
✅2023: 24,602 (highest residential eviction filing rate in recent history)
✅2024: 22,300
✅2025: 21,035 (as of 10/31)
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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✅2020: 2,076 (Twin Cities metro area only, eviction moratorium in effect)
✅2021: 2,677 (eviction moratorium in effect, project expanded statewide in late 2020)
✅2022: 19,982
✅2023: 24,602 (highest residential eviction filing rate in recent history)
✅2024: 22,300
✅2025: 21,035 (as of 10/31)
✅2020: 2,076 (Twin Cities metro area only, eviction moratorium in effect)
✅2021: 2,677 (eviction moratorium in effect, project expanded statewide in late 2020)
✅2022: 19,982
✅2023: 24,602 (highest residential eviction filing rate in recent history)
✅2024: 22,300
✅2025: 21,035 (as of 10/31)
We collect statewide court eviction filing data daily and mail multilingual resource letters to every tenant defendant urging them to seek free advice from our housing attorneys.
Households contacted per year:
✅2019: 10,721 (Twin Cities metro area only)
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Households contacted per year:
✅2019: 10,721 (Twin Cities metro area only)
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November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
We collect statewide court eviction filing data daily and mail multilingual resource letters to every tenant defendant urging them to seek free advice from our housing attorneys.
Households contacted per year:
✅2019: 10,721 (Twin Cities metro area only)
...
Households contacted per year:
✅2019: 10,721 (Twin Cities metro area only)
...
Once a court case is filed, tenants are on the verge of homelessness, so it is critical to talk to them immediately about the intimidating court process they will encounter.
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Once a court case is filed, tenants are on the verge of homelessness, so it is critical to talk to them immediately about the intimidating court process they will encounter.
✨ Day 26: Support GiGi’s work—and the housing stability of thousands of immigrant and refugee renters—by donating today.
homelinemn.org/donate
homelinemn.org/donate
Donate to HOME Line — HOME Line
HOME Line helps tenants by providing the information and advice they need to solve their rental problems. We can only do this work with a strong network of supporters. That’s where you can make the…
homelinemn.org
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
✨ Day 26: Support GiGi’s work—and the housing stability of thousands of immigrant and refugee renters—by donating today.
homelinemn.org/donate
homelinemn.org/donate
Beyond the airwaves, she leads seminars and creates resources that make critical information accessible to Spanish-speaking renters statewide.
GiGi’s work strengthens families, empowers communities, and ensures tenants are equipped with the knowledge they need to stand up for their rights.
GiGi’s work strengthens families, empowers communities, and ensures tenants are equipped with the knowledge they need to stand up for their rights.
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Beyond the airwaves, she leads seminars and creates resources that make critical information accessible to Spanish-speaking renters statewide.
GiGi’s work strengthens families, empowers communities, and ensures tenants are equipped with the knowledge they need to stand up for their rights.
GiGi’s work strengthens families, empowers communities, and ensures tenants are equipped with the knowledge they need to stand up for their rights.
She also co-hosts a weekly Radio Jornalera segment with Copal, bringing landlord-tenant law education directly to Latino listeners and answering live questions from the community.
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
She also co-hosts a weekly Radio Jornalera segment with Copal, bringing landlord-tenant law education directly to Latino listeners and answering live questions from the community.
Every day, GiGi educates tenants on their rights, provides one-on-one support through our hotline, and ensures immigrant renters—regardless of status—can access safe, stable, and affordable housing.
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Every day, GiGi educates tenants on their rights, provides one-on-one support through our hotline, and ensures immigrant renters—regardless of status—can access safe, stable, and affordable housing.