HF3425 • 2026

Supportive housing provider grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.

Housing

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Howard, Jones, Igo, Frazier, Clardy, Repinski
Last action: Final Acti
Official status: Presentment date 03/26/25
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide specific details about the grant distribution process or reporting requirements beyond what is stated in the official text.

Supportive Housing Provider Grant Funding

The bill provides $10 million in grants for supportive housing programs, requires grantees to report on their use of funds and impact every 90 days, and sets up a process for the state agency to distribute the grant money within 30 days.

What This Bill Does

Provides $10 million in grants to support housing programs that help people who need extra assistance with finding or keeping a home.
The state agency may noncompetitively award grants to existing and previous federal continuum of care funding recipients based on their needs.
Requires grantees to report how they use the money and how many people are helped by the program every 90 days until all grant funds are exhausted or returned.
Sets up a process for the state agency to distribute the grant money within 30 days of the bill becoming law.

Who It Names or Affects

Supportive housing providers who have contracts with federal programs that will expire soon and need funding.
The state agency responsible for distributing grants.
People who receive services from supportive housing programs.

Terms To Know

Continuum of Care Program: A program funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to help people experiencing homelessness find stable housing.
Supplemental emergency support resources: Extra funding given to help cover urgent needs for permanent supportive housing, rapid rehousing, transitional housing, and related activities.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if a grantee fails to submit the required reports.
It is unclear how long the reporting requirement will last beyond the initial funding period.

Bill History

Final Acti House
Presented to Governor 3/26/26
Final Acti Senate
Presentment date 03/26/25
2026-03-26 House
Returned from Senate
2026-03-26 Senate
Special Order
2026-03-23 Senate
Comm report: To pass
2026-03-17 Senate
Received from House
2026-03-16 House
Author added Repinski
2026-03-12 House
House rule 1.21, placed on Calendar for the Day Thursday, March 12, 2026
2026-03-05 House
Committee report, to adopt
2026-02-26 House
Committee report, to adopt as amended and re-refer to Ways and Means
2026-02-23 House
Author added Jones
2026-02-17 House
Introduction and first reading, referred to Housing Finance and Policy

Official Summary Text

Supportive housing provider grant funding provided, report required, and money appropriated.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

A bill for an act

relating to housing; appropriating money for grants to supportive housing providers;

requiring a report; amending Laws 2023, chapter 37, article 1, section 2, subdivision

18, as amended.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Laws 2023, chapter 37, article 1, section 2, subdivision 18, as amended by Laws

2024, chapter 127, article 14, section 9, is amended to read:

Subd. 18.

Supportive Housing

10,000,000

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(a)
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This appropriation is for the supportive

housing program under Minnesota Statutes,

section
462A.42
. This is a onetime

appropriation.

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(b) Of this amount, $9,000,000 is for grants

to United States Department of Housing and

Urban Development Continuum of Care

Program grantees for fiscal year 2024 whose

contracts have expired or will expire before

December 31, 2026, and have experienced or

will experience funding gaps. The agency may

prioritize awards to grantees based on need.

Notwithstanding the application provisions

outlined in Minnesota Statutes, section

462A.42, subdivision 5, and the procurement

provisions outlined in Minnesota Statutes,

section 16C.06, subdivisions 1, 2, and 6, the

agency may noncompetitively award grants

to existing and previous federal continuum of

care funding recipients. Notwithstanding

Minnesota Statutes, section 462A.42,

subdivision 4, funding may be used as

supplemental emergency support resources

for permanent supportive housing, rapid

rehousing, transitional housing, and

system-related activities for the identified

grantees. The agency will coordinate with

stakeholders on a distribution process and

establish such a process within 30 days of

enactment.

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(c) Beginning 90 days after the agency

obligates the appropriation and every 90 days

thereafter, each grantee shall report to the

commissioner detailing the use of grant money

and the number of people served. The

requirement for a grantee to report to the

commissioner under this paragraph expires

upon submission of a final report to the

commissioner following the exhaustion or

return of grant money. Within ten days after

the reports from each grantee are due, the

commissioner shall compile the reports

required by this paragraph from each grantee.

The compiled report shall also identify any

grantee that has not submitted a report required

by this paragraph to the commissioner. The

commissioner shall submit a copy of each

compiled report to the chairs and ranking

minority members of the legislative

committees with jurisdiction over housing.

The commissioner shall also file each

compiled report with the Legislative Reference

Library in compliance with Minnesota

Statutes, section 3.195.

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EFFECTIVE DATE.

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This section is effective the day following final enactment.

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