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Release No. 2000-10-24
December 15, 2000

Detailed list by region

COMMISSION APPROVES FUNDING FOR 37 AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS

[Kansas City] -- Thirty-seven affordable housing developments were approved for funding by the Missouri Housing Development Commission during their monthly meeting in Kansas City today.

The developments were selected from a list of 122 developments proposed by private and nonprofit housing developers (three proposals were submitted but returned as incomplete applications).  The developments will receive more than $12 million in federal HOME loans and grants, almost $6 million in MHDC loans and almost $7 million in both federal and state Housing Tax Credits.  Almost $6 million of the funding was provided to nonprofit Community Housing Development Organizations (CHDO). 

MHDC allocated funding for the development or rehabilitation of 1,449 units of affordable rental housing in the following locations (numbers indicate more than one proposal for that location):

Brunswick Kennett Piedmont St. Louis County
Butler Kirksville Princeton St. Charles County
Clinton Licking Shell Knob St. Peters
El Dorado Springs Marshall Springfield (2) Troy
Gallatin Moberly St. Clair Union
Hayti Neosho (2) St. Joseph Wellston
Kansas City (4) Osage Beach St. Louis (city) (5) Willow Springs

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More detailed information about the funding requested is available at http://www.mhdc.com/ or through Brandon Laster, Public Information Coordinator, (816) 759-6692 or blaster@gmail.com.