Housing Market

Over the past six months, rent prices have decreased in every region except for the Midwest, where a housing shortage and a competitive market are keeping rent high.

A recent study found online rental listings in St. Louis neighborhoods with more poor, Black residents are less likely to include a neighborhood name in their advertisements.

St. Louis-based nonprofit Beyond Housing and its partners are coming together to build 36 new single-family homes in the Pagedale Town Center and throughout the city in north St. Louis County.

The program provides $12,500 in forgivable home loans to any benefits-eligible employee.

Every year since 2017, Missouri has lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in federal money as a penalty for the state’s failure to meet the anti-discrimination standards of the federal Fair Housing Act.

St. Louis’ assessor says some Airbnb and Vrbo hosts are running unlicensed businesses. They need to pay up.

La compañía ha declarado que su estrategia es comprar casas de familia singular en toda la región. Una investigación del Midwest Newsroom descubrió que había descuidos, desalojos agresivos y aumento de rentas en las comunidades donde VineBrook compra propiedades - barrios donde los residentes son mayoría personas de color.

The company’s self-declared strategy is to buy single-family rental properties around the region. A Midwest Newsroom investigation uncovered neglect, aggressive evictions and rising rents where VineBrook moves in — mostly non-white neighborhoods.

The project includes the rehabilitation of the historic Melba Theatre on South Grand, which multiple private developers have tried to take on in the past.

The BorrowSmart Access program offers up to $3,000 to help with the down payment or closing costs on a mortgage for first-time Black and Latino homebuyers.