DULUTH, MN (Northern News Now) – At the Duluth City Council Monday night, Councilors Wendy Durrwachter and David Clanaugh presented a resolution calling on Minnesota Governor Tim Walz to issue an emergency executive order across the state to temporarily ban evictions and provide rental assistance to families impacted by Operation Metro Surge.
However, councilors voted to table the resolution, causing community members in attendance to begin shouting.
The commotion ultimately resulted in two five-minute recesses.
During the discussion of the resolution, Councilor Durrwachter clarified that the moratorium would not be an excuse for people not to pay rent but would urge the governor to build in protections similar to the emergency moratorium enacted during COVID in 2020.
The resolution is also similar to those recently passed in Roseville, Minneapolis, and St. Paul.
The Duluth council ultimately voted 5 to 4 to table the resolution.
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