Tenant rights

The city set a target of 1,125 cases a year, but is off to a less ambitious start.

Nationwide, rents and the cost of living are increasing. Eviction filings are "a great indicator of housing insecurity," says a researcher from Princeton University's Eviction Lab.

In the coming year, Green is hoping aldermen will pursue policies that herald the “Year of the Worker.”

The Conflict Resolution Center-St. Louis offers landlords and tenants a free, nonlegal route to solving disputes.

The Board of Aldermen returns in September, when a handful of bills designed to help tenants are likely to be introduced.

The budget generated little contention, but the bill that would provide legal counsel to tenants facing eviction prompted debate.

St. Louis Alderwoman Chistine Ingrassia wants tenants to have lawyers in evictions, a proposal that could cost about $1.6 million a year.

A federal judge has upheld Granite City’s "crime-free" housing ordinance. Housing advocates say the fight isn't over.

The pandemic triggered a major housing crisis, resulting in millions of renters and unhoused people across the country becoming at risk for being evicted or displaced. Meanwhile, those living in apartments with mold or pests have been stuck with environmental conditions that exacerbate asthma and COVID-19. Locally, tenants and housing advocates are pushing back by advocating for eviction moratoriums, holding landlords accountable, and working to create a tenants bill of rights. In this episode, we hear from the three working members of State Street Tenants Resistance about what motivates them to advocate for a tenants bill of rights, and the Community Empowerment Organizer of a local community development corporation will explain how to hold problem landlords accountable and what’s at stake when large companies and the state need to be held accountable, too.

In March, when the pandemic shut down businesses across St. Louis, the city announced a moratorium on evictions. Officials didn’t want to see people…