Video Explaining Homestead Exclusion Available for City Websites

Are you looking for a good way to explain the change in Minnesota’s homestead property tax system?

Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) News has produced a short online video that explains the switch from the market value homestead credit (MVHC) to the homestead market value exclusion (HMVE). It’s only three minutes long, and it uses Legos to illustrate this complicated subject in a way that’s easy to understand—and even fun!

Access the video on the MPR website

You can post a link to the video on your city website or, if you know how to use embed coding, you can post the video directly on your website. To request the computer code for embedding, contact Claudia Hoffacker, LMC, at choffacker@lmc.org.

MPR has granted permission for cities and counties to use the video online. They only ask that you credit MPR for the video and let them know you’re using it by sending an e-mail to Curtis Gilbert at cgilbert@mpr.org.

Access more HMVE resources on the League website

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