Hennepin County, Minnesota
Everyone deserves safe and dignified housing, and everyone can be housed. Hennepin County staff and our partners can work with you to find a solution to your housing issues.
- Take a survey to share your experience
- Community resources
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Stay in the housing you have
Tenant resource connections
Visit theTenant Resource Connectionsto get support for working with your property manager or finding other resources to pay your rent.
Call 612-767-9737.
Homelessness prevention
Fill out an online application for short-term supports to help you stay in your housing.
Help for families with school-aged children
School to Housing is for families in the Bloomington, Robbinsdale, Richfield, Hopkins, Eden Prairie and Intermediate 287 school districts, who are at risk of losing their housing.
You can get help to identify your housing needs and goals
- Get referrals for county and community supports
- Find help to meet your needs: rent assistance (if eligible and resources available), employment, food and more
- Connect with resources to stabilize your living situation
Get connected
Ask your school social worker for a referral or reach out directly by emailing school.to.housing@hennepin.us.
Families in Minneapolis, Osseo and Brooklyn Center can connect through their school social workers.
Find emergency shelter
Find Emergency Shelter
If you’re fleeing domestic violence
If you’re fleeing domestic violence, have been sexually assaulted or exploited, and/or trafficked, call or text Day One Services to be connected to the closest available domestic violenceshelter.Advocates are available 24/7.
- Call: 866-223-1111
- Text: 612-399-9995
- Day One
If you’re in immediate danger, please call 911.
Families and single adults in need of emergency shelter
CallHennepin Shelter Hotline – 612-204-8200
Hennepin Shelter Hotline serves Hennepin County residents who are seeking emergency shelter by helping them find asafe, temporary place to stay while they work on next steps toward stable housing.
A person or family should contact Hennepin Shelter Hotline if:
- They are 18 years or older
- Theyareseeking emergency shelter
Hotline hours:
- Monday - Friday:8 a.m. to 10 p.m.
- Saturday - Sunday and holidays: 1 p.m. to 9 p.m.
- Callers outside of these hours will be directed to United Way's 2-1-1
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Youth programs
Visit:ysnmn.org/shelters
The Youth Services Network helps young people (24 years and younger) find a safe, temporary place to stay.
A person should visit the Youth Services Network website if:
- They are 24 years or younger
- They don’t have a safe place to sleep tonight
Get a community card
A community card can be scanned by emergency shelters and drop-in centers to make access quicker. If you’re staying at Higher Ground Minneapolis shelter, they can print a community card onsite. Otherwise, community cards can be printed at:
- Adult Shelter Connect at the Simpson Administrative Office, lower lobby
- Map:160 Glenwood Avenue, Minneapolis
- Monday
- 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
- Adult Shelter Connect website
- Salvation Army Harbor Light Center
- Map:1010 Currie Avenue, Minneapolis
- Monday to Wednesday
- 9 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.
- Harbor Light Center website
- Mary F. Frey Opportunity Center
- Map:740 17th Street East, Minneapolis
- Monday to Friday
- 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and
- 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
- Mary F. Frey Opportunity Center website
Get reconnected to housing
Affordable housing
Get connected to low-cost public housing in the community through HousingLink.
Housing with supports
Find more resources through the Department of Human Services’ HB101 Places.
Housing case management assistance
If you are currently in a shelter, get help exploring all your options through the Homeless to Housing program.
Help for people experiencing unsheltered homelessness
If you are currently living outdoors, in a tent or vehicle, get supports through theStreets to Housing program
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