Finding, keeping and maintaining housing is often a challenge. Financial situations throughout your lifetime are often connected. University of Minnesota Extension helps you explore and understand how to secure stable housing, manage the safety and efficiency of your home, and better plan for your financial future.
Answers to frequently asked questions about filing taxes and free tax assistance in Minnesota.
Get tips to help you make ends meet when your income goes down.
Find advice on how to prepare for a disaster, including making an emergency plan, organizing a grab-and-go file, and preparing a food supply.
Maintain your home and create a healthy safe environment with practical, research-based information.
Performance of new homes, homes in cold climates
Clean up, prevention, basement moisture problems
Dealing with and preventing ice dams, water-proofing homes
Find advice on how to prepare for a disaster, including making an emergency plan, organizing a grab-and-go file, and preparing a food supply.
Learn how to manage stress and financial challenges in the aftermath of a disaster through videos and our financial recovery toolkit.
Prepare and plan for dealing with flood damage, learn how to repair flooded lawns and damaged buildings
Learn to be a successful renter with these helpful resources.
Know how and when to finance or refinance your home.
Learn the signs and protect yourself and your loved ones from a common form of elder abuse.
Follow these strategies and tips to help your family cope when faced with problems and decisions related to long term care.
Take an online quiz or complete the worksheet to sort out your financial goals.
Write down your wishes for your care in a health care directive.
Learn about passing on personal possessions while protecting your family relationships.
Manage your spending and saving to better meet your goals.
It's essential that young people know how to make the most use of their resources.
Resources to help you find free tax preparation sites and get guidance on making tax refund decisions that are right for you and your family.
Credit can help us get things we need and things we want, but it should be used wisely.
Your response to income change can make a difference for you and your family's long-term financial security.
Build the financial education capacity for you and your staff.
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