Private company

Minnesota Housing Finance Agency

Logo: Minnesota State Government, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4

Government agency in Minnesota, USA

The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA), or Minnesota Housing, is a state agency in Minnesota, United States, established to address the growing concerns of affordable housing, homelessness, and housing security in the state. Its primary mission is to provide affordable housing opportunities for Minnesotans who are low and moderate income earners.2 It is headquartered in Saint Paul.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersSaint Paul, United States1
  • Websitewww.mnhousing.gov
  • Legal formFinance Agency3
  • Kind of organizationGovernment agency1
  • LEI549300R89XDTQBK4GE223
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered address400 Wabasha Street North, 55102 St. Paul, United States3

The Minnesota Housing Finance Agency (MHFA), or Minnesota Housing, is a state agency in Minnesota, United States, established to address the growing concerns of affordable housing, homelessness, and housing security in the state. Its primary mission is to provide affordable housing opportunities for Minnesotans who are low and moderate income earners.2

Timeline

  1. Sep 24, 2008Founded Minnesota Housing Finance Agency is founded3

Funding

Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.

Money received by year$1.7B 2010–2026
Figures by year
YearFederal grantsOther federal assistanceTotal
2026$77.0K$33.1M$33.2M
2025$13.5M$32.3M$45.7M
2024$13.6M$26.0M$39.6M
2023$15.8M$37.7M$53.5M
2022$21.2M–$21.2M
2021$56.0M$814.8M$870.9M
2020$12.8M$19.9M$32.6M
2019$11.2M$16.8M$28.0M
2018$12.0M$59.8M$71.8M
2017$12.1M$68.8M$80.9M
2016$11.2M$59.0M$70.2M
2015$12.0M$64.6M$76.7M
2014$9.6M$56.6M$66.2M
2013$35.3M$57.0M$92.3M
2012$23.0M$40.9M$63.9M
2011$32.9M$23.1M$56.0M
2010$22.1M$14.2M$36.3M

Federal awards

Obligated amounts from USAspending.gov5, by calendar year, 2010–2026, for its registration. Obligations are what agencies committed, not always what was paid out. Contracts pay for goods and services; grants, loans and direct payments are assistance. Loans are charted at the face value of the loans listed here. An award’s amount below is its lifetime total, and some began before the years charted.

Largest direct payments

  1. $319.6M from Departmental Offices: Emergency Rental Assistance Program6 To MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY Award ERA0024
  2. $255.4M from Departmental Offices: Emergency Rental Assistance Program7 To MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY Award ERAE0115
  3. $155.3M from Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner: Project-Based Rental Assistance (Pbra); Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program8 To MINNESOTA HOUSING FINANCE AGENCY Award MN800CC0001