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There are many ways you can advocate for the people we serve, ensuring that everyone has a safe place to live with a stable path ahead.

Expand and preserve affordable housing opportunities.

  • Invest in the development of affordable housing
  • Preserve existing affordable and supportive housing


Learn about Minnesota’s affordable housing landscape
here.


Remove barriers to housing for the people we serve.

  • Limit screening out tenants who have rent subsidies, criminal histories, or imperfect rental histories
  • Reform rental eviction expungement law and practices
  • Learn more about how these barriers impact our guests here


Support economic stability for the lowest income households.

  • Increase the minimum wage
  • Increase MFIP cash assistance
  • Ban predatory lending
  • Learn about MFIP and the current state of minimum wage in Minnesota here


Restore and preserve voting rights.

  • Restore voting rights for ex-offenders
  • Oppose restrictive voting laws
  • Learn about how 2017 efforts to restore voting rights to ex-offenders were stalled here


Increase availability of and access to safe shelter.

  • Expand shelter capacity
  • Increase number of medical respite beds
  • Learn more about these needs here

Use your voice

To make progress for real change, we must boldly advocate for the people we serve. Whether it’s calling those who represent us in Congress, or attending events at the Capitol, or speaking up to be the voice for people who may feel voiceless, your involvement is needed. Watch this page for new advocacy opportunities. If you’d like to be updated when there are new opportunities, email Anna at anna.cisewski@agatemn.org.

A group of over 100 advocates gather on the steps of the Minnesota State Capitol, advocating to end homelessness