Browsing by Subject, starting with "East Central Minnesota, like other rural regions in the state and country, faces chal- lenges with housing. For the purpose of this report, East Central Minnesota is defined as Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs and Pine counties. The region is facing a short- age of affordable housing and in some areas a lack of quality housing. To better under- stand these challenges, GPS::45::93, a regional economic development organization in East Central Minnesota, recruited and collaborated with graduate Public Policy and Ur- ban and Regional Planning students at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs to research the topic. Through the use of data gathered through inter- views, literature and document review, and secondary analysis, our team developed the following findings and recommendations."