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Energy Code Pause

BIG thanks to Housing First for Publishing!

The Commissioner of Labor and Industry has officially decided not to adopt a new residential energy code this code cycle. The news was shared Thursday, Dec. 10 at the Minnesota Construction Codes Advisory Council meeting.

Housing First Minnesota has led on this issue for the past several years, making the case that a new residential energy code would benefit certain product manufacturers and other special interest groups at the cost of new homebuyers. In August, Housing First Minnesota brought together local builders association, NARI, Builders Association of Minnesota and Minnesota Relators who all advocated for keeping the current Minnesota Residential Energy Code in place.

Following a judicial recommendation to not open rulemaking on the residential energy code earlier this fall, Housing First Minnesota

“We’re pleased to see the Commissioner agree with the judicial recommendation,” said Nick Erickson, director of research and regulatory affairs. “Builders, remodelers and building officials, the experts in new construction, said that anew residential energy code was not needed at this time.”

This decision keeps the current Minnesota Residential Energy Code, the most efficient code of any high-production state, in place until the next code cycle.

DLI CCAC Presentation, Dec. 10, 2020

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Career-Readiness Training Grants available

Apprenticeship Minnesota at the Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) announces the availability of $290,000 in grant funding to support career-readiness/pre-apprenticeship programming to prepare individuals to enter and succeed in a Registered Apprenticeship program. DLI seeks program proposals that serve demographics currently underrepresented in apprenticeship.

Grant applications are due Dec. 10, 2020. Learn more about the grant and apply.

Webinar

A webinar to help with questions and provide additional information about the funding opportunity is 3 p.m. on Nov. 24, 2020.

Funding goals

Apprenticeship Minnesota believes that Registered Apprenticeship continues to be a path to a great career and economic security for Minnesotans. It is committed to opening the door of career opportunities to all by supporting diversity recruitment and career pathway strategies that provide for quality learning, preparation for and connection to Registered Apprenticeship programs. This funding supports the development and delivery of career-readiness training with the goal of targeting and serving people of color, Indigenous, veterans, disabled, women\ and youth 18 to 24 years of age — demographics that currently represent less than one-quarter of apprentices actively training in Minnesota.

Questions?

This funding opportunity is made possible through U.S. Department of Labor grants to DLI to facilitate and support the expansion of Registered Apprenticeship in Minnesota.