On Friday, Sept. 23rd, DeSales submitted two applications to the Missouri Housing Development Corporation for Low-Income Housing Tax Credit funding to create and preserve affordable housing in St. Louis City.

Since 2020, DeSales has been working to gain access and possession of a long-vacant commercial property in Fox Park. We discovered the site had large amounts of dangerous chemicals, so have asked the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to conduct a cleanup at the site. We hope to eventually redevelop the property for productive use for the neighborhood.

We are hopeful to have this hazardous site cleaned up and returned to productive use in the near future.