LISTEN: Minnesota Speaker of the House Rep. Lisa Demuth’s conversation with The Flag’s Scott Hennen
SAINT PAUL, Minn. – On The Flag, Minnesota Speaker of the House Lisa Demuth shared her thoughts on a bill passed by the Senate giving $40 million to cover some people’s rent.
All DFLers and one Republican, State Senator Jim Abeler of Anoka, voted in favor of the legislation.
“It’s not just for illegal immigrants. Because of [Operation] Metro Surge, federal immigration push here, people chose not to go to work. It’s a non-starter for House Republicans. That bill is dead on arrival,” Demuth said on “What’s On Your Mind?”
DFL State Senator Lindsey Port of Burnsville, who authored the Senate bill, believes “putting the resources that we have available towards renters who are struggling in an unprecedented crisis is good policy,” including “preventing evictions and homelessness.”
The House bill isn’t likely to come to a full House vote since it didn’t pass the Housing Finance and Policy Committee.
