City Of Minnetonka: Just Deeds Makes Progress In Minnetonka

Press release from the City of Minnetonka:

07/23/2021 9:18 a.m.

Since joining the Just Deeds Project in March, the City of Minnetonka has connected more than a dozen residents with volunteer attorneys to remove discriminatory covenants from their property title.

The Just Deeds Project provides free legal and title services to remove discriminatory restrictive covenants. The University of Minnesota's Mapping Prejudice Project identified hundreds of Minnetonka property titles that could still contain such covenants.

To date, the city has received inquiries from 81 residents. Of these, 15 properties were identified in the Mapping Prejudice Project, and volunteer attorneys are assisting the property owners in legally discharging the covenants.

In addition, the city identified 13 city-owned properties which had discriminatory covenants. While most restrictions were removed prior to the project, the city has discharged the covenants from four remaining properties.

City staff will continue researching city-owned properties to confirm that other city-owned properties do not have covenants that were missed in the Mapping Prejudice Project.

This press release was produced by the City of Minnetonka. The views expressed here are the author’s own.