Mo. Rev. Stat. § 67.976
Residences selected for purchase and renovation under the provisions of sections 67.970 to 67.983 shall be located in those areas of the city, which are in the greatest need of neighborhood rehabilitation. Each residential renovation loan commission shall cause to be made, a plan or plans, available to the public, to carry out the purposes of this section and to assist the reasonable renovation of other residences in other areas of each such city, giving the highest priority to those areas of each such city that possess the greatest need of neighborhood renovation together with sufficient existing housing resources so that said renovation would reasonably add value to the neighborhood. In making the plan or plans required by this section, each residential renovation loan commission shall hold public hearings at reasonable times and places from which to obtain community input in order to assess the impact of any proposed plan on any neighborhood involved and to assist them in determining which such neighborhood or neighborhoods shall be given such highest priority consider, among all other relevant considerations:
§ 67.976, RSMo