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Area median income and "fair market rent"
- The area median income is calculated by the the federal Housing
and Urban Development department (HUD). Those calculations define
"low income housing" and set income limits for eligibility for
federally subsidized housing programs. Here are HUD's
FY 2000 and 2001 limits, with definitions
of income categories such as "low income."
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Housing Trust Funds
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St. Louis City
Ordinance No. 65132 (adopted April 3, 2001)
provides a housing trust fund for
affordable and accessible housing.
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Missouri's designation of funds for low-income households is
Section 215.036.
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[Under construction: material and links concerning
legislation pending in Congress for
a national housing turst fund.]
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FPSE Housing Corporation
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1994 to mid-2001production and costs
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The ReStore is in the neighborhood
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The ReStore sells quality used and surplus building materials at a
fraction of retail prices. Proceeds fund the construction of Habitat
houses in the community. The location here is:
St. Louis Habitat for Humanity
1024 South Vandeventer, Suite 101
St. Louis, MO 63110-3806
Phone: 314.371.0400
Fax: 314.371.0404
Open Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For more about Habitat for Humanity, go to the
national HFH home page.
- Community Land Trust (CLT)
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"Take a stand, own the land," was the rallying cry of Roxbury, MA
residents as they organized against illegal dumping. They formed
a democratically controlled community land trust, known as the
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative. In St. Louis, a
startup trust is the Red Bcick CLT. You can reach Mark Bohnert at
redbrickclt@hotmail.com
or 314.621.6222.
- Enterprise Foundation
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The mission of the
Enterprise Foundation is "to see that all low-income people in the
United States have the opportunity for fit and affordable housing,
and to move up and out of poverty into the mainstream of American life"
It works to rebuild America's low-income communities, partly with the
strategy in its
Cost Cuts Manual.
- Housing Quality Standards
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HUD's
Housing Quality Standards (HQS) offer a guide to what is required
for safe, sanitary, and affordable housing; city codes may require
additional features.
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