Help
For Mortgage Crisis
I want everyone to keep their home. But I know there are many city
residents who are in danger of losing their houses due to the mortgage
crisis.
Our response to the home mortgage crisis is the creation of the
St. Louis Alliance for Home Ownership Preservation. At my request
and with the approval of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment,
the City’s Affordable Housing Commission and the City will set aside
$500,000 to help families keep their homes.
Last year, nearly 2,500 homes were foreclosed in the City of St.
Louis. We are worried there will be even more this year.
Home foreclosures do incredible damage. Families lose their main
connection to the American dream. It can also set back a family’s
financial well being for many, many years. Foreclosures also tear
at the fabric of neighborhoods. Vacant and abandoned buildings can
become a source of blight and bring down property values. Obviously,
we all know how the mortgage crisis is bringing down the economy.
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Personal
Property Tax Forms Due
The 2008 individual and business tangible personal property declaration
forms for the City of St. Louis are due no later than April 1,
2008. Under state law, individuals and firms not filing by the
April 1st deadline are subject to a mandatory 10% filing penalty.
Taxpayers who did not receive a form in the mail but own personal
property are still required to fill out a declaration form. For
further information, contact the Assessor’s Office at 314/622-4171
for individual accounts or 314/622-4181 for business accounts.
Due to the high volume of calls expected at the end of March,
it is suggested that taxpayers needing additional information
contact the Assessor’s Office as soon as possible.
Declaration forms can be obtained and filled out in person at
the Assessor’s Office in Room 115 at City Hall, 1200 Market Street,
Monday through Friday between the hours of 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. The
forms can also be downloaded from the City’s web site at
www.stlouis.missouri.org
Any mail postmarked on or before April 1, 2008 will be accepted
as a timely filing.
Start! Heart Walk Announced
City employees have been invited by the American Heart Association
(AHA) to participate in this year's Heart Walk on May 3 and to simply
start walking to improve their health.
According to the AHA, heart disease and stroke are the #1 and #2
killers of St. Louis men and women. One of every two women will
die from cardiovascular disease, compared to one in 29 who will
die from breast cancer. More than 65 million American adults are
overweight.
The AHA's Start! initiative aims to change the statistics in St.
Louis by calling on everyone to join the Start! movement and start
walking.
Each City department is encouraged to form a team for this annual
event which will begin at 9 a.m. Saturday, May 3 at Cricket Field
in Forest Park.
To learn more about the Start! Heart Walk, go to
http://heartwalk.kintera.org/metrostlouis
