Evictions

The Impacted Tenants Fund offers one-time financial assistance to people displaced from their homes.

Members of the Board of Aldermen heard from attorneys and advocates about problems facing the Right to Counsel program at a Wednesday night oversight hearing.

A report shows that out of 1,352 people served by the program, only 343 received legal defense for eviction cases through the program. The others received some legal assistance or a referral.

The program makes $3.3 million in federal funding available for one-time payments to help prevent evictions.

The program makes $3.3 million in federal funding available for one-time payments to help prevent evictions.

The wide-reaching legislation also includes provisions on electric vehicle charging stations, a land bank program and chicken ownership.

Housing advocates are calling on city officials to help tenants at Fountains at Carondelet, a south St. Louis apartment complex, find new housing since the property has pest, electrical and mold issues.

Nationwide, rents and the cost of living are increasing. Eviction filings are "a great indicator of housing insecurity," says a researcher from Princeton University's Eviction Lab.

University City-based Matthew Chase is one of the busiest eviction attorneys in both St. Louis, St. Louis County and St. Charles County — as evidenced by the fact that many of the area’s biggest landlords have picked them as their go-to guy.

The Conflict Resolution Center-St. Louis offers landlords and tenants a free, nonlegal route to solving disputes.