No Affordable Housing Available in Missouri for Minimum Wage Workers

Friday, June 3, 2016

(JEFFERSON CITY) May 25, 2016 -- In order to afford a modest, two-bedroom apartment at Fair Market Rent in Missouri, renters need to earn $14.98 per hour. This is Missouri's 2016 Housing Wage, revealed in a national report released today. The report, Out of Reach 2016, was jointly released by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, a Washington, DC-based research and advocacy organization, and Empower Missouri, a state-level advocacy organization focusing on poverty issues.

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