A message from our leader, Deidre Schmidt: I am writing to reflect on the May 25th killing by a Minneapolis police officer of an unarmed black man who was suspected […]
CommonBond Communities CEO among ‘Most Admired’
CommonBond Communities CEO and President, Deidre Schmidt, has been named one of the “2020 Most Admired CEOs” by Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Deidre is among 10 Minnesota honorees recognized for […]
Deidre Schmidt on America’s Rental Housing 2020
The Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University recently released their America’s Rental Housing 2020 report, outlining the extremely tight rental market nationwide and the rising number of cost-burdened […]
Four Eviction Myths
Evictions are traumatic, and over the years, we’ve heard a lot of misconceptions about them. We can all agree that evictions are bad, but the impacts are a lot farther […]
Success in housing: How much does criminal background matter?
For more than three years, Aeon, Beacon Interfaith Housing Collaborative, CommonBond Communities and Project for Pride in Living have joined forces (and data) to learn more about the relationship between […]
Dublin Crossing Brings Affordable Housing to Mankato
“It’s really about providing people who do good and necessary jobs in Mankato with a place they can afford to live in a good location.” With the development of the […]
Eviction Prevention: It’s at the Heart of our Work
Evictions are challenging. And every eviction costs money to the resident as well as our entire community. We recently engaged Ernst & Young to study the impact of our Eviction […]
News: Affordable Housing Finance MagazineWe recently connected with Affordable Housing Finance to discuss the growing issue of a lack of Naturally Occurring Affordable Housing (often referred to as NOAH), and how we are working […]
News: Building on Generosity
Existing Apartments Become CommonBond Communities In August 2016, CommonBond acquired its first unsubsidized property — 112 rental apartments and townhomes located just south of the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area. Through […]
