1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to housing; appropriating money for a housing mediation eviction 
1.3 	prevention program.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. APPROPRIATION.
 1.6 	$1,820,000 in fiscal year 2020 is transferred from the general fund to the commissioner 
1.7 	of housing finance for deposit in the housing development fund for a grant to Community 
1.8 	Mediation Minnesota. The grant must be used to increase its capacity to provide housing 
1.9 	mediation services in the communities it currently serves, increase the availability of 
1.10 	mediation services at each mediation center and throughout the state, and to make housing 
1.11 	mediation services more accessible to culturally diverse populations. This is a onetime 
1.12 	appropriation.