Ensuring neighborhoods are safe and attractive is a high-priority goal for the City. Several programs and activities are in place to address this goal; from maintaining the housing stock to helping re-occupy vacant housing with responsible homeowners.

Emergency Programs & Rent Assistance

Hennepin County has Emergency Programs and Emergency Rent Assistance (for those that qualify) for residents that are in financial crisis that could cause housing instability. 

Services may include:

• Emergency temporary shelter
• Housing costs
• Foreclosure prevention
• If you have received an eviction notice, contact the Tenant Resource Center via email. You can access advice, rent assistance and other resources.

For those experiencing homelessness, there is help:

Hennepin Waypoint

Hennepin Shelter Hotline: (612) 204-8200

Severe cold warming options

Domestic Violence Crisis Hotline: (866) 223-1111 or Day One for help.

Foreclosure Prevention

Minnesota Housing along with long time partner the Minnesota Homeownership Center provide financial support to organizations that support homeownership sustainability, through instructor-led homeownership education, financial wellness and homeownership counseling, foreclosure prevention counseling and reverse mortgage counseling through the Homeownership Education, Counseling and Training (HECAT) Funds. Please see these organizations if you have a hardship and cannot pay your mortgage. Please contact someone as soon as you are aware of a foreclosure action. These Organizations are assigned to a geographic boundaries, MN Homeownership Center can help narrow that 

Loan Programs

The City of Brooklyn Center and Center for Energy and Environment offers multiple low-interest loan programs. These home improvement funds are for owner-occupied properties, and support residents with maintaining their homes.

Assistance Programs

The Community Emergency Assistance Program (CEAP) is a community-based charity that partners with other resources to assist people in need in the Twin Cities.

Some of CEAP's assistance programs include:

• Food Assistance
• Financial Assistance
• Clothing Closet
• Transportation Assistance
• Meals on Wheels

The Senior Community Services Household & Outside Maintenance (HOME) Program offers a variety of services that support independence and allow older adults to remain in the homes and communities they love. Anyone aged 60 and older residing in Brooklyn Center may apply. Some services are available at no cost; rates for paid services are based on a participant's income and ability to pay. 

The Energy Assistance Program (EAP) provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services helps pay home heating costs and furnace repairs for income-qualified households.

Find Home Repair Resources and apply for assistance from Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity.

The Home Energy Squad Program is provided through the Center for Energy and Environment (CEE).

As a condition of receiving housing aid funds from the State of Minnesota, the City of Brooklyn Center must commit to using housing aid funds to supplement, not supplant, existing locally funding housing expenditures, so that the City of Brooklyn Center is using the funds to create new or to expand existing housing programs.  Between 2023 and 2025, the City of Brooklyn center reduced its expenditure on a forgivable loan home rehabilitation program for households below 80% area median income by $105,750.00. The reason the City of Brooklyn Center reduced 2024 funds was by expending the funds on the home rehabilitation program.

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