Section 215.036

Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE

Chapter 215

Effective - 14 Jun 2025, 2 histories, see footnote   

  215.036.  Housing trust fund to be used for loans or grants for assistance to low-income persons or families — eligible persons — natural disaster exemption. — 1.  Housing trust fund moneys shall be used to financially assist, in whole or in part by loans or grants, the development of housing stock and to provide housing assistance to persons and families with incomes at or below the levels described in subsections 2 and 3 of this section.  At least fifty percent of the loan or grant funds awarded over each two-year period, coincident with the biennium described in section 33.080, shall be awarded for such activities and projects for residential occupancy by persons and families with incomes at or below the levels described in subsection 3 of this section.

  2.  Persons or families are eligible under this subsection if the household combined adjusted gross income is equal to or less than the following percentages of the median family income for the geographical area:

	Size of Household			Percent of State or Geographic Area Family Median Income
		One Person		35%
		Two Persons		40%
		Three Persons		45%
		Four Persons		50%
		Five Persons		54%
		Six Persons		58%
		Seven Persons		62%
		Eight Persons		66%

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As used in this section, the term "geographical area" shall be based upon the metropolitan area or county designated as an area by the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, for purposes of determining fair market rental rates in which the residential unit is located, or the median family income for the state of Missouri, whichever is larger.

  3.  Persons or families are eligible under this subsection if the household combined adjusted gross income is equal to or less than the following percentages of the median family income for the geographic area in which the residential unit is located, or the median family income for the state of Missouri, whichever is larger:

	Size of Household			Percent of State or Geographic Area Family Median Income
		One Person		18%
		Two Persons		20%
		Three Persons		23%
		Four Persons		25%
		Five Persons		27%
		Six Persons		29%
		Seven Persons		31%
		Eight Persons		33%

  4.  During each two-year period described in subsection 1 of this section, at least thirty percent of the funds dispersed under this act shall be allocated to housing provider organizations which qualify as a "not-for-profit" organization as defined in chapter 355 or section 42(h)(5)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

  5.  In cases of natural disaster in which a request for a presidential disaster declaration has been filed by the governor of the state of Missouri, funds appropriated to the Missouri housing trust fund for the purpose of emergency aid shall be exempt from the provisions of subsections 2 to 4 of this section.  Persons or families shall be eligible under this subsection if the household combined and adjusted gross income is equal to or less than seventy-five percent of the median family income from the geographic area in which the residential unit is located or the median family income for the state of Missouri, whichever is greater.

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(L. 1994 H.B. 1745 § 215.036 subsecs. 1 to 4, A.L. 2025 1st Ex. Sess. S.B. 4)

Effective 6-14-25