Historic Rehab Adds More Housing Stock

Hennepin County adds to affordable housing inventory by offering tax credits for rehab of historic buildings

Hennepin County, Minn. Commissioner Peter McLaughlin remembers how rundown the Hiawatha-Longfellow neighborhood not far from his home was before light rail was added. The once industrial area on the other side of Hiawatha Avenue had stood dormant for years, since 1960, after houses were razed to make way for an interstate highway that was eventually scrapped for the light rail system.

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