Black homeowners in St. Louis are still awaiting aid a year after destructive tornado

NPR | By Andrea Henderson

Published May 28, 2026 at 5:07 PM EDT

Decades of disinvestment in a predominantly Black St. Louis neighborhood left the community especially vulnerable to last year's devastating tornadoes. Now, some worry homeownership rates will drop.

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