1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to housing; appropriating money to rehabilitate housing outside of the 
1.3 	seven-county metropolitan area.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	(a) $5,000,000 in fiscal year 2022 is appropriated from the general fund to the 
1.7 	commissioner of the Minnesota Housing Financial Agency for grants to cities outside of 
1.8 	the seven-county metropolitan area. The grants may be made to a city for up to $200,000 
1.9 	for projects to rehabilitate single family housing. The grants may be spent on local housing 
1.10 	rehabilitation with no more than $50,000 of the grant spent on a single housing unit.
1.11 	(b) For the purposes of this section, the term "city" has the meaning given in Minnesota 
1.12 	Statutes, section 462C.02, subdivision 6.