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Fair Housing Month Special With MN Housing – Better and Better Podcast
Kasey Kier, Assistant Commissioner at MN Housing, came on the show for a special Fair Housing Month episode! Kasey spoke with us about MN Housing's mission, their strategies for reducing housing disparities in Minnesota, current housing programs, and much more.![](https://spaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/National-Volunteer-Week-Blog-Header-1.png)
National Volunteer Week 2021
Volunteers are at the heart of SPAAR as the Board of Directors, SPAAR Committees, and workgroups are all made up of member volunteers. To those who volunteer at SPAAR, we say thank you.![](https://spaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2103_30U30_honorees_1300x620_0.jpg)
SPAAR Member Megan Steinmetz Honored As 30 Under 30
Congratulations are in order for Megan Steinmetz, a SPAAR member recently named in REALTOR® Magazine as part of the 30 Under 30 class of 2021.![](https://spaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Better-and-Better-podcast-banner.png)
Better & Better Podcast – Greenway Expansion
The most recent episode of the podcast was with Soren Jensen, Executive Director of the Midtown Greenway Coalition, and he talked about the history of the Greenway, the plans to expand it into Saint Paul, and what it’s expansion would mean for real estate.![](https://spaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Statistics-Banner.png)
Housing Market Press Releases – March 21
While new signed purchase agreements were also the strongest since 2005, they were down 0.1 percent from last year, suggesting low supply could be constraining sales.![](https://spaar.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Statistics-Banner.png)