Anishinabe Bii-Gii-Wiin ("The People Coming Home" in the Ojibwe Language
Anishinabe Bii-Gii-Wiin Concept
Background: The concept of housing for the working homeless began
several years ago with a Ventura Village resident observing
people living under bridges getting up each day and going to
work. The name “Anishinabe Bii-Gii-Wiin” translates to
“People Coming Home” in Ojibwe and was given to the
project by a group of Ojibwe women. AICDC has used the
concept of the past, the reality of today and the vision of the
future in its development concept.
Location: Franklin Avenue East and Hiawatha Avenue, Minneapolis,
MN.
Type: All 1-Bedroom.
Units: 30-1bedroom units.
Population: 20 units for homeless as defined by State of Minnesota and
10 affordable units. All units affordable at or below 50-60%
AMI.
Services: Appropriate supportive services which are community-based
made available through agreements with neighborhood
agencies including: American Indian OIC, Lutheran
Social Services, Resource, Inc., CUHCC and other
service and medical providers.
Management: Perennial Management, LLC.
Site Control: Portion of Site secured through Anishinabe Wakiagun Limited
Partnership. Remainder of site control to be accomplished
through purchase of surplus right-of-way from MnDOT via
Hennepin County to be authorized by the City of Minneapolis.