Align MPLS Fall 2025 Organizing Guide
Congregational Organizing is vital to the work Align Minneapolis does in addressing homelessness. Our Campaign Guide provides ample opportunity for values and beliefs to meet action and praxis. Whether directly serving someone experiencing homelessness or advocating for laws and policies that creates more affordable housing or better serves our unsheltered neighbors, each act of engagement either introduces, inculcates, or reinforces faith inspired values.
WORKING and HOMELESSNESS: Experiencing homelessness while working
The data shows that even when working, finding housing is far from a guarantee. Primarily this often comes down to the gap between wage levels and high rents. This hard truth is a trend that has been building for decades “... since 1985, rent prices nationwide have exceeded income gains by 325 percent” (There is no Place for Us, Goldstone).