WATCH: MAHUBE-OTWA Community Needs Assessment: Homelessness in Northern Minnesota

DETROIT LAKES (KDLM) – MAHUBE-OTWA, a Community Action Agency that provides services and resources to help residents fight poverty in the area has created a series of videos to help highlight findings from their latest Community Needs Assessment.

The assessment gathered vital information in the Spring of 2021 from service recipients, stakeholders and staff from the five county area the organization serves: Mahnomen, Hubbard, Becker, Otter Tail and Wadena.

The organization plans to release videos each month to highlight the needs and what MAHUBE-OTWA is doing to help those in need become self-sufficient members of society.

This month, MAHUBE-OTWA is focusing on homelessness in Northern Minnesota finding that one out of every five renters in the area are paying more than 50% of their income on housing. This finding suggests that just a small setback from an unexpected expense can push people into homelessness.

A copy of this month’s video is below.