Southern Minnesota City Trying Unique Solutions to Address Housing

New Ulm trying experimental builds to fight housing crisis

NEW ULM — Leaders in this southern Minnesota city, famous for its German heritage, have adopted a new philosophy to combat its housing crisis: saying “ja.”

Southern Minnesota city trying unique solutions to address housing

The city of New Ulm is constructing “experimental builds” to address housing needs. The Minnesota Star Tribune reports “over the past few months, the city council in this town of about 14,000 has approved a flurry of housing projects” from shed houses to tiny homes. New Ulm is among Greater Minnesota cities with a housing shortage. “The shortage, in part, is due to high construction costs that led to developers giving up on building homes cheape…

Faced with a housing crisis, this southern Minnesota city is saying yes to experimental builds

Over the summer, the New Ulm City Council voted in favor of tiny homes, shed houses and zoning flexibility.