St. Louis Vacancy Collaborative

The law makes technical changes on privately owned vacant properties with the goal of redevelopment, while millions in federal funding would go toward the removal of city-owned buildings.

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 coalition committed to reducing vacant property in the city of St. Louis is backing a bill with a number of seemingly small legislative fixes that could have a big impact.