Public Hearing Dates Set for Housing Development Funding
The Missouri Housing Development Commission will hold public hearings at three different locations on three nights in November to discuss the 122 affordable housing development proposals submitted by developers for 2006 funding in response to a Notification of Funding Availability issued in August. Hearings are planned for Kansas City, St. Louis and Columbia.
The Kansas City public hearing will be held at 6 p.m., Monday, Nov. 14, 2005, at the Marriott Country Club Plaza - Seville Ballroom, 4445 Main Street, Kansas City, Missouri; Phone: 816.531.3000. The following cities are represented in the 33 proposals to be discussed:
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Anderson Bethany Butler Cameron Carl Junction Carthage (2) Clinton |
Excelsior Springs Harrisonville (2) Independence Jamesport Joplin (3) Kansas City (8) Kearney |
Lexington Liberty Maryville Nevada (2) Noel North Kansas City Pleasant Hill |
Raytown St. Joseph (3) Trenton Warrensburg Webb City |
The St. Louis public hearing will be held at 6 p.m., Wednesday, November 16, 2005 at the Renaissance of St. Louis Airport Hotel – Heathrow AB Room, 9801 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis Missouri 63134; Phone 314.429.1100, fax 314.429.3625. The following cities are represented in the 40 proposals to be discussed:
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Bonne Terre Bowling Green Cape Girardeau (2) Dexter Ellsinore Farmington (2) Festus |
Fredericktown Hillsdale Jennings Kinloch Montgomery City Pacific Pagedale |
Perryville (3) Pevely O'Fallon (2) Poplar Bluff (2) Scott City St. Charles (3) St. Louis City (11) |
St. Louis County (6) St. Peters Sullivan Washington |
The final hearing will be held at 6 p.m., Thursday, November 17, 2005 at the Holiday Inn Select - Executive Center - Parliament II Room, 2200 I-70 Drive S. W., Columbia, Missouri; Phone 573.445.8531. The following cities are represented in the 49 proposals to be discussed:
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Ash Grove Branson (2) Branson West Camdenton Columbia (2) Eldon Fulton |
Hannibal (2) Hollister (2) Houston Jefferson City (3) Kimberling City Kirksville Lebanon |
Macon Marshall Mexico Monroe City Ozark Palmyra Rolla |
Sedalia Springfield (3) Waynesville Willow Springs
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MHDC administers rental housing
production programs including the federal and state Low-Income Housing
Tax Credits. Funds for rental production programs also consist of MHDC
fund balances and federal "HOME" funds. At least 10 percent of HOME
funds are set aside for Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDO).
At the public hearing, MHDC staff will describe the development(s) under consideration, and accept and record public comments. Any interested party may attend the hearing to submit verbal or written comments and/or submit written comments to Missouri Housing Development Commission, 3435 Broadway, Kansas City, MO 64111, or through the office of the mayor or chief elected official of the locality in which the development is located.
Those persons who wish to attend this hearing and require specific aids or services under the Americans with Disabilities Act, should notify Rachel Davis at 816.759.6600, at least three working days prior to the hearing.
A detailed list of developments proposed throughout the state is available on the Web at http://www.mhdc.com/.
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Note to Journalists: More detailed information about the funding requested is available through Brandon Laster, Public Information Officer, 816.759.6692 or blaster@mhdc.com.
