CLOUT asking attendees to contact Louisville Metro Council members to support the Safe and Stable Housing agenda in the upcoming budget cycle. The agenda has broad support throughout the community - metrounitedway.org/safe-and-sta...
Louisville would have never funded affordable housing at current levels without the support of CLOUT. It’s wonderful to be at the Nehemiah Action Assembly and see CLOUT pushing for more funding for affordable housing, including permanent supportive housing.
Senate Bill 9 has gotten way too little attention. While parts are good, it would void short term rental regulations in place in Louisville since 2015, a huge problem for many neighborhoods and a move in the wrong direction for our housing shortage. kentuckylantern.com/2026/04/13/k...
Here we go again. Local ordinances on short term rentals - including rules in place in Louisville for more than a decade - apparently under attack in Frankfort, without opportunity for public input or debate. It’s the latest in a string of efforts restricting the city’s ability to govern itself.
Congratulations to House of Ruth on the ribbon cutting for Red Key Landing, 40 units of permanent supportive housing in Louisville’s Shelby Park neighborhood. The project was funded in large part with an appropriation of American Rescue Plan dollars by Metro Council on November 11, 2021.
Kentucky’s House Bill 338 needs your support TODAY, before a hearing on Wednesday.
The bill will make it easier to get people into housing by automatically expunging dismissed eviction records.
Please call 1-800-372-7181 and leave a message for House Judiciary Committee members to support HB 338.
Great article by @jbruggers.bsky.social on
the ground breaking work being done by Trees Louisville.
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Standing room only in one of my favorite places - the St. Matthews Library. Cafe LOUIE brings together residents and the people who represent them every Saturday all over Louisville. More information here - www.lfplfoundation.org/cafe-louie/
Great to see new affordable housing in the Shawnee neighborhood dedicated today. It’s funded in part with $5.4 Million in American Rescue Plan dollars Louisville Metro Council appropriated to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund in 2021.
“Statements from city officials about how Adams was killed have been vague, with one early statement from Louisville police saying she died after ‘coming into contact’ with a garbage truck.”
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Happy to join supporters of Alison Brotzge-Elder for Louisville Metro Council, District 9 and hear her great ideas for the district and city at a campaign kickoff tonight. Primary Election Day is May 19. More about Alison and her campaign at www.alisonforlouisville.com.
“He keeps coming back and doing the same thing over and over again and the same lawsuit or policy that’s been blocked a million times….He doesn’t care if it’s as effective at changing their policy, he just wants to make the point politically.” www.bostonglobe.com/2026/02/07/n...
Imagine being blind or in a wheelchair and trying to get nearly anywhere in Louisville these days. Thanks to @wdrb for pointing out a long-standing problem that doesn’t get enough attention. www.wdrb.com/news/not-fai...
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey urged his counterparts from other American cities this week to take a firm stand against the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement campaign and received raucous applause. Louisville is the only city in the country to capitulate to some Trump demands.
“A man known to many in Louisville’s Russell neighborhood died after being found outside in the freezing cold Saturday morning.
Ricky Marshall, 56, didn’t have a home….friends said he was a familiar face and a kind soul who had fallen on hard times.”
Louisville’s first lobbying ordinance was enacted in November 2022. It called for online access to reports - as is common in cities our size - but Metro has never followed through and access to reports is difficult. Lobbying is ongoing but transparency is lacking. kentuckylantern.com/2026/01/23/t...
Good to be in Frankfort today joining advocates from across the state for more and better housing for Kentuckians. Thanks to the Coalition for the Homeless & the Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky for organizing - and to all of the legislators for the many meetings and words of support.
Governor Andy Beshear:
To preserve the American Dream of owning a home, Kentucky needs a big, bold investment now. I'm proposing a game-changing $150 million investment in Kentucky's Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
Combined with private funding, it will create $1 billion in new housing.
#SOTC26
Louisville Free Public Library needs $2 million annually to reduce unacceptable wait times for books and other materials. Metro is challenging the community to match a $1 million appropriation this first year.
Please contribute any amount here to reduce wait times - givebutter.com/MetroMatch.
Rally to Reduce Wait Times at LFPL! Join us today at 6pm.
Enjoyable First Day Hike at Lincoln State Park with 275 other people - and then a quieter walk around the lake. Happy New Year!
The Elves of Crescent Hill’s South Hite Avenue have done it again, making for a very festive walk. Thanks to them and Merry Christmas to all! 🎄
The Gateway on Broadway development was funded in part with American Rescue Plan dollars appropriated by Metro Council in November 2021. What a remarkable transformation!
Last year, Nashville voters approved a bold plan and half-cent sales tax for improved buses, sidewalks and traffic and it’s now resulting in free bus rides for the poor, among many other things. “Choose How You Move” is a highly successful initiative of a new Mayor. www.axios.com/local/nashvi...
Louisville ignored an enacted ordinance and was the only city in the country to capitulate to Trump administration demands, all for the stated purpose of avoiding ICE excesses. It doesn’t appear to be working. www.wdrb.com/news/i-was-s... www.wdrb.com/news/i-was-s...
Under the proposal, Churchill Downs would pay no Louisville Metro or Urban Services District property taxes for an expanded list of properties for decades to come, continuing a program started in 2002 when the track and the company were much different. www.courier-journal.com/story/news/p...
The expanded and renovated Portland Library is a wonderful addition to one of Louisville’s historic neighborhoods. The project - the ribbon for which will be cut on December 2 - started with Metro Council’s allocation of American Rescue Plan funds in June of 2022.
