# Dakota County Community Development Agency *Housing and redevelopment authority of Dakota County, Minnesota (CDA)* The **Dakota County Community Development Agency** (CDA) is the housing and redevelopment authority of Dakota County, Minnesota.[^1] The project's at-issue record states that it was created in 1971 as the [[Dakota County Housing and Redevelopment Authority]] by special legislation now codified at [[Minn. Stat. § 383D.41]].[^1] The agency's audited financial report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025 records $546.3 million in assets and 2,599 housing units owned or managed. Federal money supplied $45.3 million, about 55 percent of all operating revenue.[^1] Locally, the agency draws on two levy instruments. The first is a [[special benefit levy]] set at $11,750,233 for 2026. The second is a $5.6 million annual tax levy pledge, which is dedicated to housing development bond debt service.[^1] ## Who The CDA is a county housing authority established by special act of the [[Legislature]] in 1971, as the at-issue record describes it.[^1] According to that record, the 2026 increase in the special benefit levy rate required approval by the [[County Board]] because it exceeded the automatic authorization level. The record summarizes the arrangement as a separate levy under a separate statute, approved by one board.[^1] The record in this entry does not set out the composition of the agency's own governing body. ## What As of June 30, 2025, the agency held $546.3 million in assets and owned or managed 2,599 housing units.[^1] Its federal revenue that year was $45.3 million, about 55 percent of operating revenue. Of that federal revenue, [[Housing Choice Vouchers]] accounted for $34.3 million, or 76 percent.[^1] ## When - 1971: created as the Dakota County Housing and Redevelopment Authority, per the at-issue record.[^1] - Fiscal year 2025 (ended June 30, 2025): $3.85 million of the levy pledge retired bond principal.[^1] - 2026: special benefit levy of $11,750,233 adopted.[^1] ## Where The agency operates in Dakota County, Minnesota.[^1] ## How The special benefit levy is adopted under [[Minn. Stat. § 469.033]] subd. 6. For 2026 the levy rate rose from 0.0144 to 0.0156 percent of market value. The at-issue record puts the yield of that increase at roughly $903,864.[^1] The $5.6 million annual tax levy pledge is raised by a housing authority. It is dedicated to housing development bond debt service, and in fiscal year 2025 $3.85 million of it retired bond principal.[^1] The audit discloses this use. The record does not establish how the agency describes the levy in its public communications.[^1] ## How much - Total assets, June 30, 2025: $546.3 million.[^1] - Federal revenue, FY2025: $45.3 million, about 55 percent of operating revenue.[^1] - Housing Choice Vouchers, FY2025: $34.3 million, 76 percent of federal funds.[^1] - 2026 special benefit levy: $11,750,233. The rate increase yields roughly $903,864.[^1] - Annual tax levy pledge to bond debt service: $5.6 million. Principal retired in FY2025: $3.85 million.[^1] ## How many As of June 30, 2025, the agency owned or managed 2,599 housing units.[^1] ## In the at-issue record The project's at-issue record carries three entries on the agency, all filed under its money section.[^1] - **AI-Dakota-080** sets the agency's federal funding share against its local governance. That share is 55 percent of operating revenue, with $34.3 million of it in Housing Choice Vouchers. The project pairs the entry with the March 2025 presidential action *Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse*.[^1][^2] - **AI-Dakota-081** covers the agency's creation by special act and its separate special benefit levy. Increases above the automatic level require county board approval. The project pairs the entry with the March 2025 presidential action *Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos*.[^1][^3] - **AI-Dakota-082** sets the housing levy pledge against its disclosed use for bond debt service. The project pairs this entry with the same March 2025 action as AI-Dakota-080.[^1][^2] These pairings are the project's anchors and not federal findings about the agency. This record contains no federal complaint, agency finding or audit finding directed at the CDA.[^2][^3] ## Notes [^1]: Dakota County Community Development Agency, *Annual Comprehensive Finance Report and Single Audit Report for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2025* (FYE June 30, 2025) — establishes the audited figures: total assets of $546.3 million; 2,599 units; federal revenue of $45.3 million (about 55 percent of operating revenue); Housing Choice Vouchers of $34.3 million (76 percent of federal funds); the $5.6 million levy pledge to bond debt service; and $3.85 million in principal retired in FY2025. This agency publication is also the only pack URL on the source domain listed for the project's entry on the agency's 1971 creation, the Minn. Stat. § 383D.41 codification and the 2026 levy (AI-Dakota-081). https://www.dakotacda.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Dakota-County-CDA-Annual-Comprehensive-Finance-Report-And-Single-Audit-Report-For-The-Fiscal-Year-Ended-June-30-2025.pdf [^2]: The White House, *Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse* (March 2025) — the presidential action the project uses as the anchor for at-issue entries AI-Dakota-080 and AI-Dakota-082. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/protecting-americas-bank-account-against-fraud-waste-and-abuse/ [^3]: The White House, *Stopping Waste, Fraud, and Abuse by Eliminating Information Silos* (March 2025) — the presidential action the project uses as the anchor for at-issue entry AI-Dakota-081. https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/03/stopping-waste-fraud-and-abuse-by-eliminating-information-silos/