Roseville, MN – Housing First Minnesota, the state’s leading voice for homebuilders and remodelers, has recognized 28 Minnesota Legislators as recipients of the 2018 Housing Leadership Awards. The honor recognizes legislators for their efforts throughout the 2018 legislative session to promote housing affordability and homeownership.
“During the 2018 legislative session, these housing leaders played key roles in helping Housing First Minnesota protect the dream of homeownership for future generations,” said David Siegel, executive director of Housing First Minnesota. “Homeownership is too important to our communities to ignore, and these legislators understand that.”
Recipients of the Housing First Minnesota 2018 Housing Leadership Awards Are:
Minnesota House of Representatives
- Representative Regina Barr (Inver Grove Heights)
- Representative Kurt Daudt (Crown)
- Representative Pat Garofalo (Farmington)
- Representative Jon Koznick (Lakeville)
- Representative Sandy Layman (Cohasset)
- Representative Eric Lucero (Dayton)
- Representative Paul Marquart (Dilworth)
- Representative Jim Nash (Waconia)
- Representative Anne Neu (North Branch)
- Representative Roz Peterson (Burnsville)
- Representative Dennis Smith (Maple Grove)
- Representative Tama Theis (St. Cloud)
- Representative Bob Vogel (Elko New Market)
Minnesota Senate
- Senator Paul Anderson (Plymouth)
- Senator Tom Bakk (Cook)
- Senator Rich Draheim (Madison Lake)
- Senator Michelle Fischbach (Paynesville)
- Senator Melisa Franzen (Edina)
- Senator Paul Gazelka (Brainerd)
- Senator Mike Goggin (Red Wing)
- Senator Karin Housley (Stillwater)
- Senator John Jasinski (Faribault)
- Senator Mary Kiffmeyer (Big Lake)
- Senator Warren Limmer (Maple Grove)
- Senator Matt Little (Lakeville)
- Senator Jerry Relph (St. Cloud)
- Senator Bill Weber (Luverne)
- Senator Torrey Westrom (Elbow Lake)
Recipients of the Housing Leadership Award received a certificate and letter of appreciation.