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NHC: difficulty of financing affordable housing without subsidies

One of the most frequent questions we get asked is why there isn’t enough affordable housing to accommodate the need for hard-working low-income Louisvillians. One of the important reasons is that it is extremely difficult for developers to cover their costs when they are building affordable housing without additional subsidies. The National Housing Conference has just …

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The solution to homelessness: an op-ed by the Coalition and St. John Center

After the tragedy of Kenneth Winfield’s death in Louisville just 11 nights ago, the Executive Directors and Board Chairs of the Coalition for the Homeless and St. John Center wrote this op-ed for the Courier-Journal. It’s a call to action for each of us, inviting us to work together to ensure that not one more person …

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2015 Housing Conference Scholarships Available Through Dona O’Sullivan Fund

The Dona O’Sullivan Fund was created in Dona’s honor in order to provide training and other opportunities for front line case managers serving the homeless in Louisville.  Thanks to the fund, three scholarships are being offered to the KHC/HHCK State Housing Conference on April 8-9, 2015.  This Lexington two-day conference will provide lots of opportunities to …

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2014 Pyramid Award Winner for the Art of Social Innovation!

The Coalition for the Homeless is thrilled to announce that we are the winner of the Center for Nonprofit Excellence‘s 2014 Pyramid Award for the Art of Social Innovation! A special thanks to Dick and Ardi Wilson for their sponsorship of this very competitive award. Bed One-Stop offers a centralized way for homeless people to …

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“What I Learned After Taking a Homeless Mother Grocery Shopping”

In this eye-opening article, one woman writes about her experience taking a homeless mother grocery shopping, including the expectations so many of us have for homeless or poor people and what they should be buying at a grocery store: “Here’s the thing,” she explained. “We can’t have anything perishable in the shelter. So, the girls …

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