Community Impact Data – What Is It?
This spring we launched the new Alliance Housing website, and while we hope the whole site has made it easier to stay connected, there's one section we wanted to take a moment to highlight.
Head to the Our Impact section and you'll find our brand-new Community Impact Data page. It compiles data about the population Alliance serves alongside data from the City of Minneapolis and the Minnesota Homeless Study. We built it because we think the numbers tell the story of housing in Minneapolis and why Alliance's work matters.
The Impact of Our Work
Three out of four Alliance residents are still housed after their first year. More than half see their income increase within that same first year. For people who often arrive having faced homelessness, eviction histories, or other barriers that most landlords screen out, those numbers represent something real: a foundation to build on.
Housing in Minneapolis
The page also puts our work in the context of the larger housing crisis in Minneapolis. In neighborhoods where Alliance operates, nearly half of all renters are cost-burdened, meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing.
The data also reveals stark disparities in both Area Median Income (AMI) and rental affordability across the city: the difference between the highest and lowest neighborhood median incomes is more than $125,000, from $167,441 in Kenny to $25,804 in Cedar-Riverside.
Who Has Housing, and Who Doesn't, in Hennepin County
On a single night in October 2023, more than 1,000 Hennepin County residents were experiencing homelessness simply because they couldn't afford a place to live. The other top reasons are credit problems, criminal background, or prior eviction, all factors many landlords screen candidates out for, and all factors that Alliance screens in.
Seeing the data for both Minneapolis and Hennepin County data alongside what Alliance residents achieve makes the case for deeply affordable housing, and we hope you’ll take the chance to dive into the data yourself. There's a lot more to explore: interactive maps, neighborhood-level breakdowns, and data on who we serve and why it matters.
Visit our Community Impact Data page and take a look.
Let’s Build Long-Term Stability, One Home at a Time
All who engage in strengthening Alliance are equally valued, whether donor, volunteer, public advocate, board member, resident, or staff, your involvement directly supports safe, dignified housing for those facing the greatest barriers.