{"id":9821,"date":"2023-08-07T21:55:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T02:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/?page_id=9821"},"modified":"2025-06-17T16:49:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T21:49:27","slug":"affordable-housing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/es\/policy-priorities\/affordable-housing\/","title":{"rendered":"Vivienda asequible"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"9821\" class=\"elementor elementor-9821\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34d2be6e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"34d2be6e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ed6eca2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ed6eca2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Plan &#8211; Affordable Housing Reforms<\/h4>\n\n<p>Our goal is that all conversations around housing center on the population with the greatest need. Housing is the key to many of the goals of our state, including health and mental health outcomes, workforce participation, and safe communities.<\/p>\n\n<p>Empower Missouri recommends these long-term policy proposals to address housing affordability and homelessness:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Uso equitativo de los cr\u00e9ditos fiscales y los incentivos para incentivar el desarrollo de viviendas que sean verdaderamente asequibles en las comunidades que lo necesitan.<\/li>\n\n<li>Protecci\u00f3n de los derechos de los inquilinos, incluido el apoyo ampliado en el mercado privado<\/li>\n\n<li>Apoyar los cambios de zonificaci\u00f3n local para permitir que todos nuestros vecinos vivan en las comunidades que elijan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/es\/policy-priorities\/affordable-housing\/affordable-housing-coalition\/tenant-organizing\/\">Tenant Organizing<\/a> is a cornerstone of our work for affordable housing, including our <a href=\"https:\/\/empowermissouri.org\/es\/policy-priorities\/affordable-housing\/tenant-organizing-fellowship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Springfield Housing Justice Fellowship<\/a>, which launched in 2023.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>We believe that housing is a Human Right.<\/strong> This means all of our neighbors deserve safe and affordable housing so they can live full lives. Affordable housing is key to reducing poverty across Missouri, improving health and mental health outcomes, increasing workforce participation, and building safer communities.<\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Stats<\/h4>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Missourians earning minimum wage have to work 55 hours per week in order to afford a one-bedroom rental home.<\/li>\n\n<li>In Missouri, a full-time worker must earn $20.83 an hour in order to afford a two-bedroom rental home.<\/li>\n\n<li>Over 175,000 households in Missouri are unable to secure affordable housing.<\/li>\n\n<li>M\u00e1s de 70% de hogares de bajos ingresos pagan demasiado por su vivienda.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-74e08df e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"74e08df\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b84d740 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"b84d740\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Plan &#8211; Affordable Housing Reforms Our goal is that all conversations around housing center on the population with the greatest need. 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