2019 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title VII - Cities, Towns and Villages
Chapter 99 - Municipal Housing
Section 99.881 Publications of available property, notice, content — transfer to applicant, when — consideration for transfer — rehabilitation on construction for residential use.
Effective 28 Aug 1992
99.881. Publications of available property, notice, content — transfer to applicant, when — consideration for transfer — rehabilitation on construction for residential use. — 1. Upon acquisition of real property by the urban homesteading agency under section 99.879 or upon certification by the building official of vacant municipally owned property and approval of the governing body of the municipality, the urban homesteading agency shall publish at least twice a notice in a newspaper having general circulation in the municipality that such property is available. Such notice shall include the estimated purchase price, the qualifications for applicants, procedures for bidding on the property and the closing date for such bidding. The second notice shall be published not less than two weeks before such closing date.
2. Within thirty days after the closing date for bidding, the urban homesteading agency shall recommend to the legislative body the transfer of such property to a qualified applicant under such terms and conditions as are determined by the agency, provided the applicant shall be selected in accordance with priorities established under section 99.891.
3. The governing body of the city may, by resolution, vote to transfer the urban homesteading property with or without compensation to the applicant selected pursuant to subsection 2 of this section. Such transfer shall be made pursuant to a contract of sale and rehabilitation or construction which shall provide among other things that, as consideration for the transfer:
(1) The property transferred be rehabilitated or constructed predominantly for residential use and be brought into and maintained in conformity with applicable health, housing and building code standards;
(2) The rehabilitation or construction shall commence and be completed within a period of time as determined by the urban homesteading agency.
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(L. 1992 H.B. 1434 & 1490 § 5 subsecs. 1, 2, 3 subdivs. (1), (2))
