Programs
Stopping vacancy before it starts — and stabilizing it where it has.
Each of our programs targets a different point in the life of an at-risk St. Louis property.
01
Secure & Stable
Professional care for vacant buildings, so they stay safe and salvageable.
- Securing and boarding vacant buildings to code
- Cleanouts and debris removal
- Light stabilization, including tarping and winterization
- Monthly monitoring with photographic condition reports for owners and the City
02
Prevention Desk
Helping owners keep their homes before vacancy happens. We address the four most common causes:
Cause 1
An owner who can no longer keep up
Code-violation abatement help.
Cause 2
Tangled titles after a death in the family
Beneficiary-deed and estate navigation clinics.
Cause 3
Money snowballing — especially property taxes
Tax-relief enrollment, payment-plan guidance, and repair-fund connections.
Cause 4
A temporary absence becoming permanent
House-watch service during hospital stays, rehab, or other absences.
03
Asset Recovery Navigation
A free service for owners and heirs facing a tax sale.
- Coaching through the tax-sale redemption year
- Helping owners and heirs claim surplus funds they are owed
- Always free of charge
04
Youth & Horticulture
Growing the next generation — and greener blocks.
- Paid summer and after-school work-experience positions for young people on stabilization crews
- Turning cleared vacant lots into community gardens
Coming next
Supportive Housing
A future phase will lease homes as sober-living and supportive housing for veterans and people exiting homelessness — run on separate housing funding, consistent with our principle that labor and housing stay separate.