Pandemic-era housing protections – including an eviction moratorium – are a guide for Minnesota policymakers as Operation Metro Surge slows.

The rule would allow housing agencies and landlords to impose such requirements "to encourage self-sufficiency." Critics say most who can work already do, but their wages are low.

When Becca Morris applied for a federal housing subsidy years ago, her life was in turmoil. She'd had a son at age 19, the father was in and out of rehab and prison, and she was couch surfing with ...