Beyond Housing:News List

0617192019
Home Buyers Get Government Help With Down Payments

Maiya Jones didn’t have money saved up for a down payment when she started looking for a house in the St. Louis area last summer. Her real-estate agent told her about a program that would cover the 3.5% required on a Federal Housing Administration-insured mortgage for those who meet certain income qualifications. She took an online course about the basics of home buying and visited an adviser. At the end of April, she closed on a $67,000 three-bedroom house and moved in with her two children. “I thought this was unattainable, honestly,” said Ms. Jones, 26 years old, who wor
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0528192019
Pine Lawn and Northwoods Celebrating New Transformations with Pine Lawn Community Park Grand Opening

Community leaders and residents of the City of Pine Lawn and City of Northwoods will be celebrating community partnerships and progress with the Pine Lawn Community Park Grand Opening on Saturday, June 1st 2019.
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0509192019
Humanity in the middle

Since the inception of the North County Police Cooperative, we have partnered with Beyond Housing on many different community related initiatives. From Movie Nights in Pagedale to a United States Armed Forces Veteran’s home rehab project in Pine Lawn. We are proud to work side by side with Beyond Housing in helping make the communities we serve better every single day. Currently, we are partnering with Beyond Housing on the “Humanity in the Middle” initiative. This project relies first on our recognition of the far too many incidences of violence by police related to people
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0509192019
Four Municipalities in the 24:1 Community Win Municipal Tree Grants

Four municipalities within 24:1 Community have received an award of up to $10,000 from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) through its Tree Resource Improvement and Maintenance (TRIM) cost-share grant program.
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0426192019
Beyond Housing’s Anti-Bias and Anti-Racism Commitment

Beyond Housing seeks to be accountable in our work, especially to communities of color, to hold the principles of social justice, equal rights, and equitable opportunity and access at the core of everything we do.
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0417192019
How Home Affects Health

A safe, secure home is where health begins. To build more equitable, healthier communities, we need to boost people’s ability to afford a good place to live.
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0408192019
Affordable Housing Trust Fund Task Force Issues Report

The group’s objective was to study housing affordability in St. Louis County with a focus on promoting access to areas of opportunity.
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1220182018
2018: A Year to be Remembered in the 24:1 Community.

Thanks to the continued support of donors and partner organizations, 2018 will be remembered as a pivotal year for the work of Beyond Housing, the 24:1 Community Land Trust and everyone living and working in the 24:1 Community.
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1120182018
The Boeing Company to support our Housing Resource Coordination program

Housing Resource Coordination is an innovative program that combines decent, affordable rental housing with supportive services.
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1120182018
Emerson Continues Investment in the 24:1 Community in North St. Louis County

This investment from Emerson, along with other recent gifts from Edward Jones, Express Scripts, Boeing, Anthem, and Citi shows that corporations are taking notice of the success we’re achieving here in the 24:1 Community.
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