Legislation

May 18, 2022

St Paul Rent Control Still A Work In Progress

Someone asked me recently to explain the changes made to the St Paul rent stabilization ordinance passed by voters last November. So I downloaded the 17-page […]
April 12, 2022

St Paul’s Rent Control Rules A Muddy Mess

St Paul has published its proposed rent control rules. The city is taking public comment on them until April 22nd. However, I don’t know what to […]
March 31, 2022

St Paul Ordinance Appears to Backfire

Between February 2021 and February 2022, average rent in St Paul went up, while it went down in Minneapolis. St Paul passed rent control. Minneapolis voters […]
January 25, 2022

What Legislation Will We Talk About In 2022?

With last fall’s contentious election and results quickly fading into memory, it may be easy to think there’s nothing going on in city, county or state […]