In the first half of 2022, builders started construction on 2,317 units of housing in Minneapolis. That's *on pace* for the city's second best year of housing production in many decades, only behind 2019.
The city's massive backlog of approvals is moving from paper to concrete.
The city's massive backlog of approvals is moving from paper to concrete.
In contrast, housing production absolutely cratered in St. Paul through the first half of 2022, with only 342 units started. The city is on pace for its worst year since 2017.
I think we can call it; there's no other explanation but the rent control ordinance for this collapse.
I think we can call it; there's no other explanation but the rent control ordinance for this collapse.
Here's the 12 month moving average of housing starts for both cities in the past decade: 
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