Welcome To MPHA's Web Homepage on ARRA...

This special Webpage launched in April 2009 will be updated regularly to provide the latest information and progress about the Minneapolis Public Housing Authority's (MPHA) citywide housing capital improvements activities funded by monies from HUD through the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

Coming Soon To This Web Site...

• Program Fact Sheets, Updates & Reports
• Local, National News About The American Recovery & Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
• Stories & Images Spotlighting MPHA's ARRA work activities

Related Links...

MPHA News Release

• www.recovery.gov
• www.hud.gov
• www.clpha.org
• www.nahro.org

The Recovery Act

HUD Secretary Donovan Celebrates MPHA's First 'Shovel Ready' ARRA Project

(Pictured from right to left:  Senator Amy Klobuchar; The Honorable Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Mayor R.T. Rybak; Mary Boler, MPHA Managing Director of Low Income Public Housing; Judy A. Karon, MPHA Board Chair; State Representative Jeff Hayden; Cora McCorvey, MPHA Executive Director; Peter McLaughlin, Hennepin County Commissioner)

The Honorable Shaun Donovan, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar, Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, County Commissioner Peter McLaughlin and others joined Minneapolis Public Housing Authority Executive Director Cora McCorvey in celebrating Minneapolis Public Housing Authority's first American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) 'Shovel Ready' Project at The Cedars high-rise apartment community in Minneapolis on Friday, July 10, 2009.

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Message from MPHA Executive Director Cora McCorvey

While our country's current economic situation is creating tremendous challenges for the American people and our government, the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act provides an opportunity for public agencies like MPHA to take action to make a difference.

Investing $18.2 million in ARRA funding will give a boost to our local economy, improve the quality of our housing stock, and better preserve these affordable housing resources for the future. Please visit this special Webpage in the future for regular updates of our ARRA-funded capital improvements program.

A national study completed in 2006 by private research firm Econsult — Assessing the Economic Benefits of Public Housing — concluded that every dollar of public housing expenditures doubles itself in terms of economic return — meaning MPHA's $18.2 million in ARRA-funded work could inject $36 million in business activity into the local economy through jobs, spending by vendors and contractors, and the purchases of goods and services. The study also concludes that $150,000 of expenditures in capital dollars results in the creation of one (1) new job.