Housing & Development

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Julián Castro announced Wednesday the allocation of more than $26 million from the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program for St. Louis County, Missouri. St. Louis County received $24 million under the Section 108 Loan Guarantee Program to establish a loan pool for community development projects, while an additional $2.4 million in Declared Disaster Recovery Funds was awarded to the North County area of St. Louis County to help communities impacted by tornadoes and severe storms in 2013.

EPA Region 7 and Coastal Energy Corporation, Willow Springs, Mo., recently reached a proposed settlement valued at more than $200,000 to resolve violations of the Clean Water Act and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). The settlement requires Coastal to pay $25,000 in cash penalties and complete more than $175,000 in supplemental environmental projects

Yesterday Congressman Cleaver led a working meeting with local county economic development professionals, as well as the Administrator of USDA’s Rural Housing Service, Tony Hernandez, and representatives from the Federal Home Loan Bank and the Housing Assistance Council. The working meeting focused on rural workforce housing priorities and the housing needs of the Fifth District's rural communities. This effort included a roundtable discussion aimed at clarifying the workforce housing program options for local communities

Eitas the Developmental Disability Services of Jackson County welcomes the 16th Annual Gentle Teaching International 2015 Conference attendees and speakers September 9-11, at the Westin Crown Center Hotel. The conference offers ongoing dialogue in a global community, building on the momentum of previous years while seeking new ways to cultivate a spirit of gentleness in the lives of marginalized individuals

CBRE, Inc., the property management and leasing company for Hawthorne Plaza, announces the grand reopening of the neighborhood shopping destination located on the southwest corner of 119th Street and Roe Avenue in Johnson County, after a multimillion dollar renovation.

Dougherty will be responsible for ensuring all technology needs for Unbound are met in an efficient and secure manner. He’ll also be in charge of establishing the systems support necessary for both the network infrastructure and the application software for the sponsorship and donor system.

The U.S. Department of Labor released a draft regulation on June 30 that would increase the regular overtime salary threshold from the current $23,660 to $50,440. NAHB estimates more than 110,000 construction supervisors in the U.S. would be overtime-eligible under the proposal

Hope Faith Ministries, a Christian ministry dedicated to meeting the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of homeless and impoverished men, women and children in Kansas City, today announced the appointment of Brian Blevins as Executive Director and Katie Eck as Development Director.

Today, AT&T* expanded U-verse with AT&T GigaPower to residential and small business customers in parts of Independence, Mo., and surrounding communities.** Customers have a new choice for ultra-fast internet access from AT&T – delivering the speed customers need to power all of their devices and connect them to the content that matters most

Originally established in 1998 as KC CREW, new chapter bylaws approving the name change were adopted at the organization’s annual membership meeting held on Tuesday, June 23. The Kansas City chapter’s membership represents nearly every discipline within commercial real estate including law, brokerage, leasing, property management, finance, title/escrow, development, engineering, architecture, construction and more

Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II released a statement on two historic rulings from the Supreme Court: the decision to affirm the availability of tax credits under the Affordable Care Act to individuals in States with a federal healthcare exchange, in King et al. v. Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.; and the decision to affirm the use of disparate impact claims under the Fair Housing Act in Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs et al. v. Inclusive Communities Project, Inc. et al.

Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (R-Mo.) today passed the Ratepayer Protection Act, providing states relief from the EPA’s attempt to unilaterally regulate states’ electricity systems, and protecting Missourians from continued federal overreach that would raise utility rates for everyone

The bill would delay implementation of Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rules to limit carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants until after federal courts have an opportunity to rule on the controversial regulation. It also grants states the flexibility to neither submit nor adopt plans to comply with the regulation and would relieve states from fulfilling plans deemed to have a potentially “significant adverse effect” on consumers’ utility rates.

The Country's leading real estate agent safety trainer lives in Kansas City, MO. According to Tracey Hawkins, a former agent who has spent over 20 years traveling the country teaching real estate agents how to work safely, the rape of the agent in Rolla, MO, has hit close to home. Rolla is 3.5 hours from KC. She says the recent spate of crimes against agents nationally, proves that a key component is missing in agent training.

More than 192,000 people took to Facebook and cast 6.2 million votes vying to bring a $25k grant to their neighborhoods. State Farm is proud to announce the top 40 vote-receiving causes that will receive the grants to improve their communities.