A Guide to Understanding and Addressing Vacant Property in the City of St. Louis

Authors

Dana M. Malkus, Saint Louis University School of Law

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2018

Abstract

The City of St. Louis has a serious vacant property challenge. Since the population peak in 1950, the City has experienced a 63% decline in population and now has one of the highest rates of vacancy in the nation.¹ The City has approximately 25,000 vacant properties.² Approximately 12,000 of these are owned by the Land Reutilization Authority (LRA) or other public agencies,³ which means that approximately 13,000 are privately owned. Most of those vacant properties
are concentrated in the north and southeast portions of the City.⁴ For a city of its size, the City has "an extremely large" number of vacant properties.⁵

Recommended Citation

Malkus, Dana, A GUIDE TO UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING VACANT PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF ST. LOUIS. Rise, April 2018, https://risestl.org/what-we-do/public-documents/vacancy-guide/, Saint Louis U. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2018-24.