Sold Out: Affordable Housing at Risk

FULL-LENGTH DOCUMENTARY

Affordable housing is under constant threat from changing economic forces and urban development plans that break up vital communities. Low-income residents have fewer and fewer options, and local businesses and schools must deal with the impact of losing those families.

Produced with the MN Housing Partnership

For decades, Twin Cities PBS has covered stories about homelessness and affordable housing. Check out our collection “Under One Roof: Stories of Minnesota’s Housing Crisis.”

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