If you’ve felt like rent keeps rising faster than paychecks, you’re not imagining it. Federal rental assistance—Housing Choice Vouchers (HCVs), public housing funding, homelessness programs, and key state and local tools like HOME and Community Development Block Grants (CDBG)—are the bedrock that help low-income Missourians stay housed, even as rent goes up.   Right now, Washington...Read More

Position Title: Associate Director of Development Reports to: Advancement Director Position Summary: Empower Missouri seeks an Associate Director of Development to help grow and sustain our mission through expanded corporate and foundation support over the next several years. This role will lead all institutional giving strategies, including grant writing, reporting, corporate partnerships, and event sponsorships,...Read More

Across rural Missouri, tenants face moldy ceilings, unfair rent hikes, and investor landlords that benefit from no one pushing back. But when neighbors get organized, they can win repairs, stop harassment, and make housing safer and more affordable for everyone.  Empower Missouri created “Standing Together: A Simple Guide to Tenant Organizing in Small Towns and...Read More

The weekend before my first day at Empower Missouri, I went to a three-year-old’s birthday party. It was one of those heavy, hot July days in the Midwest—the kind where the air feels so thick you could cut it with a butter knife. (My fellow Missourians, you know the kind!) The highlight of the afternoon?...Read More