Helpful links to affordable housing resources:

St. Charles County Loan & Housing Assistance Programs, City of St. Charles Community Development Block Grant Program, City of O'Fallon Public Assistance Department,  - For information regarding local down-payment assistance programs for first time homebuyers along with other home-ownership related resources.
 
Missouri Housing Development Commission - The affordable housing locator can help you find quality affordable rental housing in the state of Missouri.

U.S Department of Housing & Urban Development - For information about affordable rental housing, home ownership and housing couseling organizations, finding homeless resources, and avoiding foreclosure.

Socialserve.com - A web resource listing affordable housing for rent and purchase.

United States Interagency Council on Homelessness: Enlisting Mainstream Resources and Programs to End Homelessness - Information to help connect individuals at risk of homelessness to "mainstream" resources like TANF, Medicaid and Housing Choice vouchers to provide housing, health care, income supports and other forms of assistance.