Land Reutilization Authority

St. Louis wants to take control of downtown's dilapidated Railway Exchange Building

Brian Munoz

The Railway Exchange building has been vacant since 2014 and has become a high-profile downtown eyesore riddled with trespassing and other crime.

In late January, the St. Louis Fire Department battled a fire at a vacant home in north St. Louis.

Government, Politics & Issues

For St. Louis firefighters, comrade’s death spurs attention to 10K homes

Alex Heuer

After firefighter Ben Polson died while battling a fire in north St. Louis, the Fire Department is renewing efforts to rate the structural integrity of vacant homes.

A vacant building at 4030 Evans Ave. owned by the city's Land Reutilization Authority. Prop NS would allow the city to issue up to $40 million in bonds to help stabilize such buildings.

Vacant Buildings In St. Louis Are Now Eligible For Funding For Some Repairs

Becca Clark-Callender

The program to allow city residents to nominate vacant buildings to receive funds towards basic repairs goes into effect today. It was created by Proposition NS which city voters approved three years ago.

A vacant lot on Finney Avenue photographed on October 8, 2019. The Neighborhood Lot Maintenance pilot program aims to chip away at the issue of overgrown city-owned vacant land by hiring private contractors to maintain the land.

Black Entrepreneurs Plan To Purchase North St. Louis Land For Black-Owned Businesses

Chad Davis

A group of Black entrepreneurs has offered the Land Reutilization Authority $150,000 for vacant lots in north St. Louis. Black Wall Street STL aims to create the kind of business district that existed there years ago.

Potential parcels for the Missouri Coalition for the Environment's Urban Agriculture Pilot Program include lots on Minerva Street, near Page and Union Boulevards.

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis Launches Urban Ag Program In Neighborhoods North Of Forest Park

Rachel Lippmann

St. Louis has made it a little easier for residents of one ward to buy land for urban agriculture.The Land Reutilization Authority, which manages the…

Health, Science & Environment

St. Louis Hires Contractors To Be 'Stewards' Of Vacant Land

Shahla Farzan

Thaddeus Gerdine maintains more than 60 vacant lots in the city of St. Louis. “They just seemed like no one was taking care of them,” said Gerdine, who…

Eltoreon Hawkins works on a house in the Walnut Park West neighborhood of St. Louis.

Government, Politics & Issues

This St. Louisan Sees Beauty In Vacant Houses — And Wants To Help You Buy One

Shahla Farzan

Eltoreon Hawkins has made it his mission to help St. Louisans buy vacant, city-owned houses.The 25-year-old contractor bought his first home from the…

This north St. Louis house has been owned by the Land Reutilization Authority for more than five years, and can be purchased for $1. Feb. 6, 2019.

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis Is Selling More Than 500 Homes For $1 Each — Here's How To Get One

Kae M. Petrin

St. Louis has launched a pilot program to sell some 500 city-owned homes for just $1 a pop.But that low cost comes with strings attached. Purchasers will…

Vacant buildings owned by the Land Reutilization Authority in the 4000 block of Evans Avenue. February 2017.

Government, Politics & Issues

St. Louis sues over Prop NS failure, wants to borrow $40M for vacant buildings

Rachel Lippmann

A lawsuit filed Thursday claims St. Louis election officials were wrong when they decided a bond issue to stabilize the city’s vacant buildings did not…

Economy & Business

St. Louis saves city-owned home from demolition in pilot program

Maria Altman

The two-story brick home at 3735 California St. got a second chance.The property, owned by the city of St. Louis' Land Reutilization Authority, was slated…