Tshaj Lij Nyiaj Txiag hauv Lub Tsev Qiv Ntawv (GMHF) is a nonprofit, affordable housing intermediary and certified community development financial institution (CDFI). Their mission is to invest in affordable housing and sustainable development to strengthen communities in greater Minnesota and ensure that everyone has a safe, suitable, and economical place to call home. GMHF was launched in 1996 in a joint effort by the McKnight Foundation and Blandin Foundation los hais txog kev ceev nrooj rau kev vaj huam sib luag rau vaj tse nyob sab nraud ntawm cheeb tsam Twin Cities. GMHF tau txais kev pabcuam kev khiav haujlwm ntawm McKnight los ntawm Cheeb Tsam & Cov Kev Pabcuam hauv Lub Nroog, uas yog cov nyiaj tau los them nqi vaj tse thiab cov uas ua rau kom tsev neeg muaj kev ruaj ntseg thiab txuas tau cov tsev neeg.
Nyob hauv Rochester, GMHF tau pab nyiaj rau Tsev Homes rau ib qhov project los hloov lub vaj tse teeb meem hauv Kutzky Park nrog lub tsev plaub-plaub. Raws li Rochester cov tub ceev xwm, cov cuab yeej yav dhau los tau nquag txog kev ua tub ceev xwm thiab qhov chaw ua haujlwm txhaum cai. Txij thaum kawm tiav ntawm lub tsev tshiab, hu ua Weigel Place, lub zej zog tau hloov mus. Opal Macken yog ib tug tswv tsev tshiab nyob hauv Weigel Place ua tsaug rau qhov tsim nyog tau txais kev pabcuam uas Homes First tau muab rau GMHF yug. Opal tau sau cov lag luam me me tawm ntawm nws lub tsev tshiab thiab yog xav thov ua tsaug rau Hom Vaj Tse thiab GMHF rau lub sijhawm.
"Qhov no yog thawj lub tsev uas kuv tau yuav, thiab nws tau ua npau suav lawm," nws hais. "Kom muaj ib lub tsev ntawm kuv tus kheej muab rau kuv nrog kev paub txog kev ruaj ntseg thiab kev ywj pheej - ib yam uas kuv tsis xav hais tias tau ua nyob rau hauv ib zaug hauv kuv lub neej."
Txij li 1996, GMHF tau nqis tshaj $ 216 plhom hauv ntau tshaj 150 lub zej zog hauv Minnesota, uas tau tsim kom muaj ntau tshaj 12,000 tsev them nqi tsev rau cov tsev neeg tau nyiaj tsawg, cov menyuam yaus thiab cov tib neeg, thiab 500 tsim.
