Vacant Properties

Community leaders in the Baden neighborhood of north St. Louis are going to court to claim vacant houses for potential new homeowners.

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.

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.

In 2018, Mayor Lyda Krewson’s office found that of the 129,000 properties in the city of St. Louis, about 25,000 were vacant and abandoned.Beginning this…

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…

Among St. Louis' thousands of vacant lots, three on the city's north side are having a positive impact. The three community gardens along Enright Avenue…

Declining church attendance is forcing some religious leaders to make difficult decisions — namely, what to do with outsized or vacant places of…

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…

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…