St. Louis lost several units of low-income housing when it agreed to the demolition of the Vaughn public housing complex on the Near North Side and the University House on the St. Louis University campus. Ordinarily, the city would have to build new units to replace those being demolished....
HOPE VI projects have valid criticism, largely the reduction in the number of public housing units for the very low income. The other is the charge of gentrification, a valid claim in other cities but not in St. Louis. More on that in the future....
A Regional Plan for Low-Income HousingThe Missouri Housing Development Commission is encountering seemingly growing opposition to its efforts to finance low-income and moderate-income housing in parts of St. Louis County.U.S. NewspapersSt Louis PostDispatch (MO)...
By focusing on how these individuals aided the rent strike, and by following their subsequent life careers, this article demonstrates that the St. Louis rent strike influenced developments central to American low-income housing and black activism in the St. Louis metropolitan area. 2013 SAGE ...
Housing Programs for Low-Income HouseholdsThe primary purposes of this paper are to (1) consider the justifications that have been offered for housing subsidies to low-income households and the implicatSocial Science Electronic Publishing
Christopher Carey Of The Post-Dispatch
Pent-Up Demand and Low Mortgage Rates Lift St. Louis Housing MarketSummer is here, and the St. Louis housing market is bopping alongat a brisk pace.Up is the...Bryant, Tim
rate on the 30-year fixed mortgage stayed this week at the lowest level on record. Cheap mortgages have helped drive a modest housing recovery and could give the broader economy a jolt at a time when the job market is weak.U.S. NewspapersSt Louis PostDispatch (MO)...