Mo. Rev. Stat. § 198.345: Apartments for seniors, districts may establish (counties of third and fourth classification).

Nothing in sections 198.200 to 198.350 shall prohibit a nursing home district from establishing and maintaining apartments for seniors that provide at a minimum housing and food services in any county of the third or fourth classification within its corporate limits. Such nursing home districts shall not lease such apartments for less than fair market rent as reported by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.