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Renter Resources

Are you a renter in or around Mac-Grove ?

Click on the drop down menu to the right for resources on affordable rental housing, tenant rights, housing counseling, and more!

Affordable Rental Housing

MN Housing – find resources on rental assistance, affordable rental housing, finding shelter, and other helpful resources

Housing Benefits 101 – Housing options across the state

Housing Link – simplifying affordable housing

Tenant Rights, Laws, and Protections
From the US Dept of Housing & Urban Development:

Know your responsibilities as a tenant. Read your lease agreement carefully!

Minnesota Attorney General – The office’s website contains a section on consumer protection information homepage. The section entitled Housing contains information on landlord/tenant laws, predatory lending, private mortgage insurance, and buying and selling a home.

Landlord Tenant Rights and Responsibilities – a booklet from the Minnesota Attorney General

Legal Aid Services of Northeastern Minnesota – provides equal access to legal services in northeastern MN

Free legal help for renters

HUD handles  complaints about housing discrimination, bad landlords in federal housing and many other issues. For additional local resources, you can also contact a  housing counseling agency.

HomeLine  – provides free and low-cost legal, organizing, education, and advocacy services so that tenants throughout Minnesota can solve their rental housing problems

Housing Counseling Services
US Dept of Housing and Urban Development

Housing Counseling Services -The nationwide network of HUD participating housing counseling agencies have been helping consumers across America for more than 50 years by providing the answers they need to make informed housing decisions.