Eight years. Here’s what changed.
Not promises — results, every one of them traceable to a public county record.
Secured to keep HCMC open
Plus a $500M hospital reserve. The only public safety-net hospital in the upper Midwest stays open.
Family homelessness cut in half
446 families moved out of shelter and into permanent housing in 2025 alone.
Affordable homes built or preserved
Between 2021 and 2025 — and 1,850 of them are deeply affordable.
In federal funding protected
Court orders blocking unlawful federal freezes on the grants that fund county services.
Of mental-health 911 calls stayed out of jail and the ER
Social workers now answer crisis calls in every city in Hennepin County.
Trees planted since 2020
More than halfway to one million by 2030 — cooler streets, cleaner air, less flooding.
Veteran homelessness effectively ended in Hennepin County
Federally certified. Veterans now move from shelter into permanent housing in under 90 days on average.
4,746 affordable homes created or preserved, 2021–2025
Nearly 4 in 10 are deeply affordable — within reach on about $30,000 a year for a family of four. Almost no one else builds these.
Source: Housing Statement, July 2025 — hennepind2.com/statements
A social worker on the 911 call — from one city to the whole county
Irene started this in her first year in office. It now covers every city in Hennepin County, from North Minneapolis to Plymouth.
2019
1 city
A pilot in Plymouth’s 911 dispatch center.
2021
13 cities
Golden Valley, Edina, Richfield, Hopkins and nine more.
2023
Every city
Full countywide coverage — urban and suburban alike.
2025
9,000 calls
Plus MSP Airport and the Minneapolis 911 center. 7,600+ people connected to services.