National Roll of Achievers

Minnesota

Edith Bubli
As an elderly public housing resident, Edith Bubli is an enormously effective advocate for affordable housing and community revitalization issues. Edie has frequently and unabashedly shared her story of "how easy it is to suddenly become eligible for public housing" after struggling with her husbands illness and death which rapidly drained her of the financial resources that were to have provided them with a comfortable retirement together.

Edie is compassionate and outspoken in her advocacy for the poor, the elderly, the disabled, and those who have no options but to rely on the "safety nets" that are so critical in a caring society. Edie is well known by the Duluth City Council, many state legislators, and the Minnesota Congressional delegation. She has participated in the annual NAHRO Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C. each year since 1994, and is remembered with some trepidation by Congressman that she has lectured in previous years! She has spoken with fervor for adequate funding for housing programs, and has been particularly animated in opposing the "Home Rule" provisions of recent Congressional action.

Duluth City,
Minnesota
2001