37August5, 2019Minneapolis has a grand
plan to make housing more
affordable. Inside the fight for the
future of an American city
The 2040 plan
aims to strike
ablow against
decades-long
racial inequities
inhousing,
visible in places
such as north
MinneapolisResidentsof
theWedgeled
agrassroots
campaign,
Neighborsfor
MoreNeighbors,
infavorofthe
city’splanCityHall Mississippi
River70% of the city’s
residential land
is zoned for
single-family
homes◼ Single-family
detached
homes only
◼Allother
residential
Commercial
and other“Don’t
Bulldoze Our
Neighborhoods”
lawn signs
sprouted in
tony areas
around the
Chain of Lakes