The Minneapolis Public Housing Authority (MPHA) has hired the Center for Multicultural Mediation and Restorative Justice (CMMR) to conduct ongoing meetings with residents at Elliot Twins including the meeting regarding the RAD General Information Notice on January 17, 2019 in order to silence vulnerable residents and seniors and push them to accept the RAD privatization and displacement plans. Defend Glendale & Public Housing Coalition (DG&PHC) has discovered that CMMR is a fraudulent organization.

After DG&PHC notified the public that MPHA is using CMMR to silence and lie to Elliot Twins residents, especially on January 17, 2019 during MPHA’s RAD meeting, activists in the East African community contacted our campaign and informed us that CMMR has been a problematic organization. As a result, DG&PHC looked up CMMR and found on their website that CMMR is claiming they are a program of the Center for Policy, Planning and Performance, and they are a tax exempt nonprofit.
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After an extensive search on Minnesota Secretary of State and IRS. Gov websites, DG&PHC found that Center for Policy, Planning and Performance does not exist, and CMMR indeed does not have Minnesota Secretary of State registration, license or Federal Tax Exempt , (EIN; Employment Identification Number). These license and registration are a must in order to operate as a charity/ non- profit in the State of Minnesota. Therefore, CMMR has no legal rights to operate under Minnesota State or Federal laws. But, CMMR is lying to the public claiming to be registered and licensed when they are not.
MPHA knows that CMMR is lying. The question is how can a federal agency like Minneapolis Public Housing Authority go to such extensive measures to hire a fraudulent organization to silence residents at Elliot Twins to displace them, and break Minnesota State and Federal laws. Therefore, MPHA is also committing fraud. The Mayor of Minneapolis, City Council and HUD are responsible for MPHA’s actions. It is time we hold our public officials and institution accountable for this corruption.
No matter how many illegal actions MPHA and City of Minneapolis commit, Elliot Twins are saying no to RAD, to displacement and privatization of public housing.