Workforce Housing STL http://www.workforcehousingstl.org Good For Business, Good for Neighborhoods and Good for Families Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:54:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 en Features http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?p=34 http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?p=34#comments Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:02:50 +0000 admin http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?p=34 A Missouri & Southwest Illinois Housing Conference–March 2011

FOCUS St. Louis in partnership with the Missouri Workforce Housing Association is planning a large-scale housing conference for Missouri and Southwest Illinois to take place in March 2011 in St. Louis, Missouri. Watch this space for more information. You may also contact Nikki Weinstein, Policy and Community Engagement Director at FOCUS St. Louis at 314-622-1250 x102 or nikkiw@focus-stl.org to become involved in the planning or for more information.

 

]]> http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?feed=rss2&p=34 News http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?p=15 http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?p=15#comments Sun, 20 Jan 2008 22:31:59 +0000 admin http://workforcehousingstl.org/?p=15  “Affordable Workforce Housing Association Launches”FOCUS St. Louis launched the Affordable Workforce Housing Association this month. The association answers an unmet need for a sustained workforce housing advocacy effort at the federal, state and local level.  “The Affordable Workforce Housing Association will provide a long-term political and social force for housing that’s affordable, safe, and within a reasonable commuting distance for workers making less-than-average pay,” said FOCUS St. Louis Policy and Community Engagement Director Nikki Weinstein, who has led the formation of this new group. For more, click here.

]]> http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?feed=rss2&p=15 Workforce Housing Campaign http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?p=17 http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?p=17#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:37:46 +0000 admin http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?p=17

We need the people who need workforce hosing; Good for Business, Good for Neighborhoods, Good for Families.

In October 2007, the FOCUS St. Louis Workforce Housing Committee launched a public awareness campaign. Here you can view campaign materials including the poster series, the business brochure and the video. [MORE]

 

]]> http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?feed=rss2&p=17 Become An Advocate http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?p=16 http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?p=16#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:32:57 +0000 admin http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?p=16

Join Us!

The St. Louis region’s Workforce Housing Campaign shows how all our region’s residents can have a good place to work—near where they live—and why that is good for everyone!

Here is how you can support the St. Louis Workforce Housing Campaign [MORE]

 

]]> http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?feed=rss2&p=16 Workforce Housing Report http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?p=18 http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?p=18#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2007 16:39:13 +0000 admin http://www.workforcehousingstl.org/?p=18

Today there is a mismatch between the location of many jobs in metropolitan St. Louis and the location of housing that is affordable for workers who fill those positions. Entry-level and low-wage earners in particular often have a difficult time finding housing close to work.

Choices for these workers include commuting long distances or spending too much of their take-home pay to live closer to work. Other options are to move in with relatives or friends, or even stay in substandard housing or a homeless shelter, although they have steady jobs. [MORE]

 

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