I'm creating a 🧵 about the 1.6.26 meeting of the City of St. Louis Affordable Housing Commission, including the latest update from the City Counselor’s Office on #SunshineSTL request no. R000037.
Post following the Jan. 8 #AHCstl meeting:
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Image showing first section of the FY 2026 funding awards by the Affordable Housing Commission.
Image showing the second section of the FY 2026 funding awards by the Affordable Housing Commission.
Photograph of computer screen, showing participants in the 1.6.26 meeting of the Affordable Housing Commission, which was conducted via Zoom webinar.
The City of St. Louis Affordable Housing Commission has posted the awards from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund for FY26.
The recommendations of city staff were rubberstamped at the Jan. 6 #AHCstl board meeting. The video will not be posted on Youtube
#OpacitySTL
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Today's Affordable Housing Commission starts momentarily. Zoom 🔗:
www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
I'll be contacting my alderwoman to discuss updating the City of St. Louis regulations governing recording and posting meetings to YouTube. It's absurd that #AHCstl videos & minutes are not posted.
Last call for public comment registration for today's 11:30 a.m. Zoom meeting of the City of St. Louis Affordable Housing Commission!
Email #AHCstl Director April Ford-Griffin by 9 a.m. today: griffina@stlouis-mo.gov.
Submit written comment to same email.
#HousingForAll
#STLtornado
Meeting details👇
Nope!
The projects are read aloud at the meeting, prior to the commission voting, in batches by program category.
Typically the list of awardees & award amounts is posted on the #AHCstl website following the board meeting.
One can argue that the lack of disclosure violates #MOsunshine
AHC meeting agenda for January 6, 11:30 p.m.
Screen capture image from an Instagram story & Bluesky post about a previous meeting of the Affordable Housing Commission
List of awards from the FY 2025 allocation from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
Photo of recently completed renovation of a four family building in the Shaw neighborhood. The project was funded in part from the AHTF. Gateway Housing First is the developer/operator.
The City Of St. Louis Affordable Housing Commission meets Tues. at 11:30 AM. Zoom.
You MUST tune in live. #AHCstl meetings are not posted on YouTube.
Details: www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
➡️ Vote on awards from FY2026 Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
➡️Public comment. Register by 9 a.m. Tuesday
Last call to register to testify at today’s City of St. Louis Affordable Housing Commission meeting.
Registration deadline is 9 a.m. 🚨
Send an email to griffina@stlouis-mo.gov with your name & contact info.
See pg 1 of agenda.
Notice 🔗 : www.stlouis-mo.gov/events/event...
#AHCstl #Housing4all
Page 2 of agenda for the 11:30 a.m. meeting of the Affordable Housing Commission on August 26, 2025. https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/affordable-housing/documents/upload/August-26-2025-Affordable-Housing-Commission-Meeting-Agenda.pdf
Agenda page 1. Note the directions on registering to testify. Send an email to AHC Director April Ford-Griffin at griffina@stlouis-mo.gov. DEADLINE to register. 9 a.m. Tuesday, August 26. Link to agenda: https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/affordable-housing/documents/upload/August-26-2025-Affordable-Housing-Commission-Meeting-Agenda.pdf
List of "Fall 2024 Projects, Awarded 01/07/25." Projects are funded by the Affordable Housing Trust Fund, which is administered by the Affordable Housing Commission of the City of St. Louis. Link to document: https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/affordable-housing/documents/upload/Fall-2024-FY25-Awards.pdf
Aug. 2025 photograph showing a four family building on 38xx Shenandoah, recently renovated by Gateway Housing First. The "Francie's Place" scattered site project received funding from the Affordable Housing Commission in FY 2025.
Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. Zoom.
City of St. Louis Affordable Housing Commission meeting.
tinyurl.com/329zu6s4
🕘 The deadline to register to speak is 9 a.m. Tuesday.
How should Affordable Housing Trust Fund $$ be prioritized in the FY 2026 funding round?
#LetYourVoiceBeHeardSTL
See ALTs 4 info.
#AHCstl
Screenshot from a Zoom meeting of the City of St. Louis Affordable Housing Commission.
Screenshot of the 1/8/20 meeting of the STL Airport Commission, as posted on the FLY314 YouTube channel.
Screenshot of Zoom image of the 5/15/25 meeting of the St. Louis Mental Health Board. The meeting was conducted in a hybrid format.
Screenshot of an image from Twitter, showing a portion of the City of St. Louis meeting calendar notice for a public hearing conducted by telephone on 6/8/23.
Top four STL gov bodies for which meeting recordings should be posted online:
🏠 Affordable Housing Commission #AHCstl
✈️ STL Airport Commission #FLYSTL
⛅ STL Mental Health Board #STLMHB
🏴 IDA (sham) Public Hearings, which are conducted by phone without board members present. #IDASTL
Today at 11:30 a.m.
City of St. Louis Affordable Housing Commission meeting. Testify via Zoom.
Priorities include: New regulations for #AHCstl & Affordable Housing Trust Fund:
Improve transparency
Transfer ALL funds from SLDC’s “sales tax exemption fund” to the AHTF.
Ensure AHC is fully staffed.
Director April Ford-Griffin, presented the Affordable Housing Commission's FY 25 budget to the St. Louis Board of Aldermen's Budget committee on 5.22.24.
Url to 50:00. Ends at 1:57:30.
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#AHCstl
I hope you can attend the January 7 AHC meeting, starting at 11:30 a.m.
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Minutes & financial reports of the Affordable Housing Commission are never posted.
Despite repeated requests for more transparency (2016-24). the operations of the AHC haven't altered.
The board rubber-stamps staff recommendations.
AHC website: tinyurl.com/3jzcnsnb
The #AHCstl met twice in 2024.
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I should have used screenshots for a different gov. body.
The City of St. Louis' Affordable Housing Commission does not record meetings, which are conducted via Zoom. The #AHCstl met twice in 2024.
At the Jan. 7 AHC meeting, it will vote on the FY25 awards from the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
