Tag: Housing Crisis

  • Energy Code review, 2023 National Electrical Code, water quality fees

    Energy Code review, 2023 National Electrical Code, water quality fees

    On Aug. 23, Administrative Law Judge Eric Lipman held a virtual hearing on the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) review of the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code (IECC). At this hearing and over the next several weeks, stakeholders weighed in on this review and whether to open Minnesota’s residential energy code for rulemaking. Back in… Read More

  • St. Paul rent control challenged in federal court

    St. Paul rent control challenged in federal court

    Two apartment operators filed a federal lawsuit against the City of St. Paul over its rent stabilization policy in June. In November 2021, St. Paul voters approved a rent control ordinance considered the strictest in the nation. The two apartment operators, Lofts at Farmers Market, LLC and Woodstone Limited Partnership, are seeking a declaration that… Read More