Your help is needed -- call your legislators to stop cuts to the Renters' Credit during state budget balancing

Brief history on the Renters' Credit cut.

• In the past, Governor Pawlenty has repeatedly proposed cuts to the Renters' Credit, and the legislature has generally rejected those cuts.

• Last year, the governor implemented a 27 percent cut to the Renters' Credit in 2010 through his unallotment process. As a result, many taxpayers have seen smaller refunds.

• On May 4, the Minnesota Supreme Court ruled that the governor overstepped his authority by making cuts through unallotment. That opened up the possibility of reversing the cut.

• On May 10, the legislature put out a bill to balance the budget and respond to the unallotment court case. That bill confirmed the cut to the Renters’ Credit in 2010 that happened under unallotment.

• The governor has vetoed that budget-balancing bill and negotiations will continue to get to a different solution.

How you can help.

If we want the unallotment cut to the Renters' Credit to come off the table, we need to talk to legislators now.

Please make a call to your legislators using the messages below:

• Last year, the legislature rejected the governor’s cuts to the Renters’ Credit.
• The budget-balancing bill that was before the legislature would ratify the governor’s unallotment cut, impacting nearly 300,000 low- and moderate-income households.
• Do not accept the governor’s unallotment cut to the renters’ credit.

Need to find out who your legislators are? Visit the district finder.

Questions? Contact Stacy Opitz, marketing and communications director, at 651-287-0187, x120.

Thank you to the Minnesota Budget Project for providing the above information.