Municipal Receivership for Vacant Nuisance Properties (BB 90)

At a glance

• What: Board Bill 90, sponsored by Alderwoman Sonnier, would add a new City Code chapter (25.34, "Municipal Receivership") using state authority (section 82.1026, RSMo, as amended by House Bill 199 of 2025). It would let the city petition the circuit court to appoint a receiver to rehabilitate, demolish or sell vacant nuisance property. It sets notice, petition and lis pendens procedures, qualifications for receivers and buyers, and receiver powers, compensation, liens and sale procedures, and prioritizes rehabilitation over demolition. It carries a severability clause and an emergency clause.
• Where it stands: First reading and referral to the Housing, Urban Development and Zoning Committee on October 9, 2026. No hearing recorded yet.
• Next: Committee hearing.

Sources

• Board of Aldermen minutes, October 9, 2026 (preliminary): https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/city-laws/upload/legislative/minutes/Minutes%20October%209,%202026%20Updated.pdf
• 2026-10-09 - Board of Aldermen (full board video, auto-captions)

Log

2026-10-09 - Board of Aldermen

Minutes: first reading; referred to Housing, Urban Development and Zoning.

• 2026-09-30 - Budget & Public Employees Committee - Related $10 million vacancy fund described; vacancy special counsel being hired; metrics deferred.