Housing

Though racially restrictive covenants have been illegal for more than 70 years, their impact can still be felt today. That’s the focus of a new paper by Colin Gordon in the Journal of Urban History.

St. Louis officials stressed last spring that two downtown tent encampments posed a threat to public health, eventually relocating residents to temporary housing across the city. An investigation by St. Louis Public Radio in collaboration with APM Reports has found the city may have put residents in harm's way by placing them at hotels with a history of criminal violence, drug activity and unsanitary living conditions.

Millennials are now the nation’s largest generation and are aging into home buying just as already slow rates of home building were further slowed by the pandemic.

St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Michael Stelzer has extended his order halting evictions through April 5 to limit the spread of the coronavirus. Attorneys for people facing evictions say many have lost income during the coronavirus pandemic and need St. Louis officials to release federal aid.

St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Rex Burlison on Friday extended a moratorium on evictions until the end of the year to help keep the coronavirus from spreading and to give city officials more time to process applications for financial assistance.

To mitigate the spread of the coronavirus through mass evictions, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a three-month national ban on evictions for renters in early September.

St. Louis Circuit Court Judge Rex Burlison on Monday extended his order suspending evictions until Oct. 2. The judge's order will give families unable to pay their rent or mortgage more time to apply for financial assistance. He said allowing eviction proceedings to continue during the coronavirus pandemic would put the public at risk.

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker will extend the state’s ban on evictions for another 30 days, his office said Friday. The new moratorium will now expire on Sept. 22 instead of Saturday.

Illinois will begin the first of two housing relief programs on Monday that will provide nearly $300 million to renters and homeowners who’ve lost income and are at risk of losing their housing because of the coronavirus pandemic.

St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison has put evictions on hold until Sept. 1. The judge's order comes after health officials warned that putting people out of their homes during the coronavirus pandemic could cause a public health crisis.