Turning Member Insight Into Systems Change

Our members don’t just respond to policy — they shape it. At MCCD, we amplify the voices of those on the ground so lawmakers hear what communities really need. MCCD draws on the expertise of our members and our relationships with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to gain bipartisan support for key priorities.

We work across the state to advance
policy in four core areas

Building and preserving deeply affordable housing

Closing the racial homeownership gap

Supporting BIPOC- and immigrant-owned small businesses

Expanding shared ownership opportunities

State Policy Wins

MCCD secured wins on all of our state policy priorities for the 2025 legislative session, including:

$50M

in Housing
Infrastructure Bonds

To build and preserve deeply affordable housing

$2M

for the Challenge Program

One time funding to provide gap financing for economic development and housing projects

$5.45M

for Small Business Assistance Partnerships

Maintained funding to continue providing statewide access to free technical assistance

Insurance
Task Force

Established to address rising costs for housing providers and small businesses

$6M for Cannabis Businesses

Funding for FYs 26-27 and 28-29 to provide loan capital and free technical assistance to legal cannabis businesses

Local Policy Focus

1

Grow the local Affordable Housing Trust Funds in Minneapolis and Saint Paul

2

Support renter protections and pathways to BIPOC homeownership

3

Equitably invest new housing tax revenues (Local Affordable Housing Aid)

4

Sustain small business investment programs (including the City of Minneapolis Business Technical Assistance Program)
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