Apr 5 Community After complaints, property manager drops some Louisville housing authority units A company accused of abusing residents and neglecting maintenance will stop managing some Louisville public housing authority properties. By Yasmine Jumaa Apr 5 Community After complaints, property manager drops some housing authority units Yasmine Jumaa
Oct 8 Investigations With Feds Watching, Dosker Manor Fails Third Inspection — And Still Has Bedbugs The most recent inspection noted “no active bedbugs” at Dosker Manor. Neither the housing authority or HUD directly addressed whether someone claimed the bedbugs have been eradicated. By Jacob Ryan Oct 8 Investigations Dosker Manor Fails Third Inspection — And Still Has Bedbugs Jacob Ryan
Sep 13 Community To Bridge Louisville’s Digital Divide, Internet Alone Isn’t Enough Lisa Thomas has been trying to get her high school diploma for decades. Now, with a computer and wired internet access in her home for the first time, she may achieve her goal. By Amina Elahi Sep 13 Community To Bridge Louisville's Digital Divide, Internet Alone Isn't Enough Amina Elahi
Aug 22 Investigations Beecher Terrace Developer Accused By Missouri AG Of Creating ‘Public Nuisance’ The company that will manage the redeveloped Beecher Terrace has been accused of failing to maintain safe and sanitary living conditions at a St. Louis public housing complex. By Jacob Ryan Aug 22 Investigations Beecher Terrace Developer Accused Of Creating ‘Public Nuisance’ Jacob Ryan
Jun 5 Investigations Despite Calls For Help, Bedbugs Infest Louisville Public Housing Complex City records show that residents in nearly half of all Dosker Manor apartments — more than 340 units — have complained about bedbugs in the last two and a half years. By Jacob Ryan Jun 5 Investigations Despite Calls For Help, Public Housing Residents Live With Bedbugs Jacob Ryan
Jul 7 Local News Housing Authority Director Addresses Sheppard Square Demolition The executive director of the Louisville Metro Housing Authority says the concentration of poverty in the Sheppard Square housing complex attracts predators and razing the debilitated structure is a necessary step to revitalize the historic Smoketown neighborhood. Earlier this year, the city received a $22 million HOPE VI grant to tear down the 70-year-old complex […] By WFPL News Jul 7 Local News Housing Authority Director Addresses Sheppard Square Demolition WFPL News
Jul 6 Local News Meeting For Sheppard Square Residents Is Thursday The Louisville Metro Housing Authority will host a meeting tomorrow for people who will be displaced by the demolition of the Sheppard Square complex in the Smoketown neighborhood. The city has received a $22 million federal grant to replace the barracks-style structures with mixed income housing, including some subsidized units. The housing authority will soon […] By Rick Howlett Jul 6 Local News Meeting For Sheppard Square Residents Is Thursday Rick Howlett
Sep 16 Environment RFK Jr. Helps Launch Green Housing, Jobs Partnership Environmental attorney Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. spoke to a crowd gathered today in the parking lot of Liberty Green, a new green affordable housing development east of downtown Louisville. Kennedy was on hand to help highlight a new federal, state, and city partnership to build more such housing, with the help of federal stimulus dollars and newly trained green collar workers. By Kristin Espeland Sep 16 Environment RFK Jr. Helps Launch Green Housing, Jobs Partnership Kristin Espeland
Mar 12 Local News TARC, Metro Housing Get First Stimulus Dollars Louisville’s first projects to be funded with federal stimulus dollars have been announced. More than $17 million will go to the Transit Authority of River City for, among other things, construction of a maintenance facility on West Broadway, improvements to existing maintenance buildings and the purchase of 10 hybrid buses. Congressman John Yarmuth of Louisville […] By Rick Howlett Mar 12 Local News TARC, Metro Housing Get First Stimulus Dollars Rick Howlett