CBN MEMBER BRIGHT SPOTS
St. Louis Real Estate Tax Assistance Fund profiled on Fox 2 News
Screenshot from Fox 2 News video segment
The St. Louis Real Estate Tax Assistance Fund (RETAF)’s work was recently profiled by Fox 2 News. RETAF’s goal is to help economically distressed families save their homes from real estate tax foreclosure.
CBN members Park Central Development, Prosperity Connection, and Legal Services of Eastern Missouri are partnering with the City of St. Louis Collector of Revenue’s Office to coordinate RETAF.
St. Louis Real Estate Tax Assistance Fund to receive $500,000 in ARPA funds
The City of St. Louis has announced it is investing $500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds in the St. Louis Real Estate Tax Assistance Fund (RETAF) to help keep families in their homes before 2022 tax sales start in April.
CBN members Park Central Development, Prosperity Connection, and Legal Services of Eastern Missouri announced in the fall that they were partnering with the City of St. Louis Collector of Revenue’s Office to launch RETAF. RETAF’s goal is to help economically distressed families save their homes from real estate tax foreclosure.
LSEM's Medicaid Expansion Work Recognized with Lawyer of the Year Award
Missouri Lawyers Media has honored Joel Ferber, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri’s (LSEM’s) Director of Advocacy; Chuck Hatfield, a Partner at Stinson LLP; and Lowell Pearson, Jefferson City Office Managing Partner at Husch Blackwell LLP, with the 2022 “Lawyer of the Year” award for their joint work on Doyle v. Tidball, which resulted in a unanimous Missouri Supreme Court ruling to expand Medicaid coverage statewide.
6 CBN Members Receive $370,000 in Affordable Housing Trust Fund Awards for 2022
CBN members DeSales Community Development, Dutchtown South Community Corporation, Employment Connection, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, Park Central Development, and Rebuilding Together St. Louis have been awarded $370,000 in funds from the City of St. Louis’ Affordable Housing Trust Fund to support housing and social services projects. The Affordable Housing Commission awarded roughly $5.3 million for FY 2022.
CBN Members and Partners Launch St. Louis Real Estate Tax Assistance Fund
CBN members Park Central Development, Prosperity Connection, and Legal Services of Eastern Missouri have partnered with the Collector of Revenue’s Office to launch the St. Louis Real Estate Tax Assistance Fund (RETAF). RETAF’s goal is to help economically distressed families save their homes from real estate tax foreclosure. The fund will be available to eligible St. Louis City homeowners starting in the spring of 2022.
LSEM's Neighborhood Vacancy Initiative Talks with St. Louis on the Air
On November 15, the Neighborhood Vacancy Initiative team at Legal Services of Eastern Missouri talked with St. Louis on the Air about the work they do to help neighborhoods fight vacancy, disinvestment, and displacement.
Photo by Humans of St. Louis / Lindy Drew
Collaborative Receives Grant to Study Home Repair Needs of Older Adults in St. Louis City
Photo by Jessica Rogen, via UMSL
Exciting news about home repair in the City of St. Louis! The Community Innovation & Action Center at UMSL received a grant from the RRF Foundation for Aging to conduct a study of the home repair needs of older adults in the city of St. Louis. Congrats to the grant partners: Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, St. Louis Association of Community Organizations (SLACO), Rebuilding Together St. Louis, the St. Louis Vacancy Collaborative, Mission: St. Louis, St. Louis Senior Fund, & the St. Louis Community Development Administration.
Legal Services of Eastern Missouri Helps Decipher the CDC's Anti-Eviction Order
Screenshot from Legal Services of Eastern Missouri’s website
Need help interpreting the national Anti-Eviction Order that the Centers for Disease Control announced last month? Legal Services of Eastern Missouri put together an easy-to-follow overview and presentation that can help.