This. Well said.

And this is one of the many reasons why Jason Chavez rules

Thank you Elliott Payne, Jason Chavez and Jamal Osman for finding this solution to save Agate's downtown shelter. Minneapolis cannot afford to lose this critical transitional housing and shelter services. I look forward to voting in support of this next week.

Join our Ward 9 Traffic Calming Office Hours tomorrow at 5:30PM! We will by joined by Public Works Department staff. 1/

A shelter full of mothers and children forced to flee due to a series of assaults on the building and its residents. startribune.com/minneapolis-ne…

Council Member Jason Chavez heard you wanted to do something to address homelessness. So he asks his colleagues please vote for the $1.5 million grant to avoid the permanent closure of the Agate shelter downtown. mprnews.org/story/2024/09/…

Good governance requires good data. Yesterday, the Public Health & Safety Committee held a public hearing on the Encampment Reporting Ordinance authored by me, Aurin Chowdhury Council Member W12, and @jchavezmpls. Thank you to everyone that attended and spoke in support! Final vote will be on Sept 19.

This is horrifying. As the Chair of the Public Health and Safety Committee, I’ve made a formal request to MPD and the City Administration for a formal investigation into the attack of this shelter by neighbors. startribune.com/security-camer…

East Lake Street Clean-up day with our young leaders at Constructores de Paz!

Spent Saturday morning supporting our brilliant sister Robin4mpls as she takes on a conservative-backed opponent next year. Elliott Payne, Jason Chavez, Aurin Chowdhury Council Member W12, and I have your back! Let’s support a leader who is unapologetically for the people: secure.actblue.com/donate/robin-f…

El Grito del pueblo on East Lake Street with Zaynab Mohamed and Samantha Sencer-Mura 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

Minneapolis City Council's Budget Committee voted 9-4 to approve $1.5 million to prevent the permanent closure of Agate shelter downtown. City funding would be contingent on Agate securing an additional $1.5 million from another source by Dec 31. lims.minneapolismn.gov/File/2024-01049

Because it comes from the city's contingency funding, 10 votes would be needed to pass it at the next meeting of the full council. Palmisano, Rainville, Vetaw, and Jenkins voted no and would need to flip to yes. There's also the potential of finding another funding source.

Koski: "For me this is an absolute yes." "I'm actually shaking just thinking about the fact that we're arguing and disputing about this today. This moment calls for us to work together." It'll save us millions and millions of future dollars.

CM Chavez introduced the item, referencing December 7, 2023, when the City of Minneapolis declared unsheltered homelessness a public health emergency.

I’m excited to author the 30-Day Rental Pre-Eviction Notice with Council President Elliott Payne - Minneapolis Ward 1 and Council Member Aurin Chowdhury - Minneapolis Ward 12. The Minneapolis City Council is taking meaningful steps to protect our most vulnerable community members. 1/

Tenant's rights advocates say 90% of evictions are due to unpaid rent, but renters in Minneapolis could soon get more time to come up with their rent money or risk being removed from their home. fox9.com/news/minneapol…

Thanks Jason Chavez for leading on 30-Day Pre-Eviction Notice: "This is a homelessness prevention tool and also is a pro-renter ordinance that makes sure that there are more resources for residents." Tell your Council Member to support it here: buff.ly/3ZuL8zg

Weird dynamic where a defiant Mayor Frey holds a press conference at the site of a homicide near an encampment as if he isn't entirely responsible for both public safety and encampment removal. youtu.be/u7WNUvWq1wM?si…

In Hennepin County, single adults were turned away from shelter in 2023 4,000 times. There are 34 available and affordable apartments for every 100 extremely low income renter households. The 2023 PIT Count showed an increase in overall homelessness of 24% from the year prior.