low income housing

An area agency is seeking applications for a program in which federal and state prisoners will build affordable houses that will be sold to qualifying buyers.

Businesses affiliated with the husband of Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill received almost $40 million of federal subsidies for low-income housing developments during her first five years in office. McCaskill's Republican challenger, Todd Akin, claims the payments represent a "conflict of interest and a breach of trust" with voters...