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Articles on Housing Issues

Andy Ellis' Note to his superiors in the Inspections Department (ellis) 314 words (April 1995)

Landlords vs. City of Minneapolis (Nonprofits in the Background) by Brad Rickertsen (nonprofits) 1025 words (August 1995)

Inner City Rental Property Terminology by Brad Rickertsen (terminology) 984 words (October 1995)

A Tenant's Guide to Landlords' Thinking about Evictions (tenanttraining) 1494 words (2002?)

Good landlo`rd, bad landlord - tracking 911 calls to buildings discourages crime reporting (goodandbadlandlord) 608 words (April 1998)

Amid Housing Crisis, buildings continue to be demolished in Minneapolis (demolish) 1422 words (2002?)

Plan Underway to convert Minneapolis from Rental Housing to Home Ownership (homeownership) 853 words plus 1 image (1999?)

Tom Manion complains of bad police work in Minneapolis (written by landlord not belonging to MPRAC) (manion) 1436 words (Dec. 1998)

Don't listen to the Poverty Pimps (acorn) 480 words (Nov. 2000)

King Urukagina would know what to do (urukagina) 998 words (Feb. 2001)

Documentation of Loss in Minneapolis Rental Units, 1988 to 2000 (lostunits) 218 words (June 2001)

Is the Private Sector unable to provide Affordable Housing? (flynn) 400 words (2001?)

Learning from the Herron Experience (when a Minneapolis City Council member was caught taking a bribe) (herron) 764 words (July 2001)

Enron Minneapolis-Style the Herron scandal and investigation (enron) 615 words (March 2002)

Affordable Housing Preservation - Statements made during the 2001 mayoral primary (affordablehousing) 687 words (Aug. 2001)

Property Rights and the Political Spoils System (spoilsystem) 773 words (Dec. 2001)

Rybak on his Way to Solving the Affordable Housing Crisis (semi-satyrical) (vacancies) 347 words (Jan. 2002)

Honest government - Where does it fit into the city’s housing plan? (honestgovernment) 725 words (2002?)

Blame buildings for crime? Letter to editor of the Star Tribune (lettertoeditor) 240 words (Oct. 2002)

An Open Letter to the Somali community (somalis) 901 words (July 2002)

Star Tribune Article Stirs Discussion of Housing and Crime Responsibilities (gangestad) 1068 words (Sept. 2004)

Crime is more than broken windows (brokenwindow) 686 words (June 2006)

Remembering Chuck Mesken (a long-time landlord who was Mayor Rybak's step-father) (mesken) 1624 words plus 1 image (Sept. 2006)

What American landlords have in common with Chinese peasants A threat from government allied with big developers  (property1) 1835 words (Jan. 2006)

“Communist China” enacts law to strengthen private property while Minnesota legislators move in the opposite direction (ChinaMinnesota) 1849 words (March 2007)

Can Landlords be "Progressive"? Looking for a respectable place in the political spectrum 4779 words (March 2006)

What are property rights? Are they more important than human rights? 1431 words (April 2006)

Response to the city's renewed bureaucratic offensive the Problem Property Unit is on the move (deegan) 931 words (Nov. 2006)

Letter to Minneapolis city officials on more efficient services to fight crime Too many bureaucratic activities and not enough service on the street (efficient) 1602 words (Dec. 2006)

Neighborhood X Minneapolis neighborhood association assumes role of gatekeeper rather than provider of service to area residents (neighbhoodx) 2442 words (March 2007)

Let There Be Peace (Without Theft) A flyer distributed at the northside peace rally on May 19, 2007 (peaceflyer) 928 words (May 2007)

The Blame Game Was the I-35W Bridge Collapse in Minneapolis an example of negligence or an act of God? (bridgecollapse) 1425 words (Aug. 2007)

Property Rights members attend Real-Estate Foreclosure workshop A salesman tries to sign them up for a course (foreclosures) 2024 words (Sept. 2007)

A Tirade about Property Rights at Kokomo’s Island Cafe in the Mall of America (by Matt Snyders of City Pages) Boredom and sleep deprivation are powerful motivators (mallofamerica) 587 words (Dec. 2007)

Tales from the urban forest Can squirrels be tamed? (squirrel) 1645 words (May 2008)

Is Minneapolis fire station a “problem property”? What Bill McGaughey recently witnessed from his front porch. (firestation) 475words (May 2008)

 

(Note: In most cases, these articles were written by Bill McGaughey, a member of MPRAC's executive committee and later co-chair)

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