How much would a person have to earn to afford rent and utilities on a modest 2 bedroom apartment in Missouri today? According to this year’s Out of Reach Report, released by our partners at the National Low Income Housing Coalition, Missouri’s average fair market rent for a two-bedroom apartment is $964 a month. Working...Lee mas

While the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in financial instability and economic hardship for many households, unprecedented supports – including a national emergency rental assistance program and eviction moratorium – were enacted to reduce suffering among the country’s lowest-income renters. As these temporary supports come to an end, renters are facing a troubling landscape, with rising rental...Lee mas

The National Low Income Housing Coalition’s newly released report, The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, documents a shortage of 7 million affordable and available rental homes for our nation’s lowest-income renters, who make up one quarter of all renters in the U.S. This severe shortage forces 71% of our poorest families – seniors, people...Lee mas

The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic fallout have underscored the need for a strong housing safety net in the United States. COVID-19 was an economic catastrophe for many households precisely because so many already could not afford their homes and because the pre-pandemic housing assistance programs were not properly funded. The National Low Income Housing...Lee mas

Para poder pagar un modesto apartamento de dos habitaciones a un precio de mercado justo en Missouri, los trabajadores de tiempo completo deben ganar $16.66 por hora. Este es el salario de vivienda 2021 de Missouri, revelado en un informe nacional publicado hoy. El informe, Out of Reach, fue publicado conjuntamente por la Coalición Nacional de Vivienda para Personas con Bajos Ingresos (NLIHC), una investigación y defensa ...Lee mas

(JEFFERSON CITY, MO)… ..Para poder pagar un modesto apartamento de dos habitaciones a un precio de mercado justo en Missouri, los trabajadores de tiempo completo deben ganar $16.07 por hora. Este es el salario de vivienda 2020 de Missouri, revelado en un informe nacional publicado el martes. El informe, Out of Reach, fue publicado conjuntamente por la Coalición Nacional de Vivienda para Personas con Bajos Ingresos (NLIHC), una investigación ...Lee mas

Sin duda, estamos en una época sin precedentes. El gobierno federal ha aprobado tres importantes proyectos de ley de respuesta al coronavirus. En estos paquetes se han incluido cambios significativos en el Programa de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria (SNAP), desempleo ampliado y pagos de estímulo para la mayoría de las familias estadounidenses. Sin embargo, un nuevo informe de nuestros socios en el National Low Income ...Lee mas