Community Development Block Grants

Leonard Johnson admits many run-down storefronts in St. Louis could use a facelift. He’d like to help “polish up” each and every one. But, for now, the…

Crumbling homes, missing bricks, dangerous streets, and crushing poverty — these details make up the overwhelming narrative of north St. Louis often…

Updated at 10:45 pm to correct spelling of psychiatric in headline.A proposed outpatient psychiatric treatment facility for uninsured adolescents and…

St. Louis highlighted accomplishments this week that it made using millions in federal grant money. These include funding 13 youth programs, developing…

Fifteen years ago, the area of St. Louis now known as The Grove was a place many people avoided.“It was ‘Roll up your window and drive really fast,’”…

When you attend an event involving De Andrea Nichols, be prepared to meet your match. Not your romantic soulmate, although that could happen. More likely,…

After 18 years at the helm, Christine Chadwick is stepping down from her role as executive director of FOCUS St. Louis at the end of June. She has led the…

Over the years, Beyond Housing’s Chris Krehmeyer has appeared on St. Louis on the Air to discuss issues ranging from poverty to home ownership to health…

Local architect Dan Jay is conducting a thought experiment: What would the city of St. Louis look like if it regained a population of 500,000? (That would…

As the population of St. Louis began to shift away from the city’s core in the 1970s, many of the city’s older neighborhoods entered a state of decline.…