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“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.

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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.

GOOD FOR BUSINESS

Kevin Kast, former President and CEO of SSM St. Joseph Health Center in St. Charles, Mo, was confident the doctors in his center were providing the best possible care. What kept him up at night were concerns as...

For more on Kevin Kast's experience click here.

GOOD FOR NEIGHBORHOODS

If housing in St. Charles is unaffordable, eventually workers will move farther and farther out, as they are already doing. Eventually, Mayor Lambi says, the jobs will follow them. For more on Wentzville Mayor Lambi’s views on the need for starter homes in every community click here.

GOOD FOR FAMILIES

Sara works as a full-time case manager at a local non-profit where she serves teen mothers. She is a 33-year-old college graduate and single mother of a nine-year-old daughter. Sara considers herself to be one of the region's many working poor.

For more of Sarah's story click here.