Recommendation LR.19
Recommendation Status: New
Create a staff position to support departmental coordination and manage partnerships to reduce vacant and abandoned residential property challenges.
This recommendation helps achieve the following
Complete
Communities
Leading the Region
Key Issues Addressed
Related Planning Topic Areas
Applicable Geographic Scales
Countywide
Municipalities
Sub-geographies
Equity Considerations
Ensures equitable development in all areas in the community; community partnerships provide local agency and empowerment.
Sustainability Considerations
Reducing vacancy rates can help to preserve existing housing stock and marketable for occupancy to maintain and increase population.
Implementation
Lead Partner(s)
Supporting Partner(s)
Cost
Low
(Less than $1 mil)
Medium
($1-10mil)
High
($10+ mil)
Project, Partnership, or Policy
Project
Partnership
Policy
St. Louis County Department of Human Services - Office of Community Development
The Housing Partnership (Lemay)
Safe Housing for the Elderly and Disabled (University City)
Spanish Lake Community Development Corporation
Rise Community Development
Beyond Housing (24:1)
Wellston Community Empowerment Corporation
Other Community Development Corporations
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri
Saint Louis University Law Clinic
Timeline
Medium-term
(5-10 Years)
Ongoing
Near-term
(Within 5 Years)
Long-term
(10+ Years)
Potential Funding Sources
Community Development Block Grant 20% administrative cap
St. Louis County Government general operations
Tracking Implementation
Tracking Success
Vacancy rates.
Landbank utilization and transition to occupancy rates.
Code violation issuance and resolution rates.
Property values in targeted areas.
If overperforming, what should we do?
Stakeholder interviews to identify and resolve coordination issues and capacity bottlenecks.
Consider increasing preventive strategies to get in front of the problem (home repair; title clearing).
If underperforming, what should we do?
Reduce application of most resource-intensive or funding-intensive aspects of the vacancy reduction programs.