37August 5, 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
a blow against
decades-long
racial inequities
in housing,
visible in places
such as north
MinneapolisResidents of
the Wedge led
a grassroots
campaign,
Neighbors for
More Neighbors,
in favor of the
city’s planCity Hall Mississippi
River70% of the city’s
residential land
is zoned for
single-family
homes◼ Single-family
detached
homes only
◼All other
residential
Commercial
and other“Don’t
Bulldoze Our
Neighborhoods”
lawn signs
sprouted in
tony areas
around the
Chain of Lakes