Louisville Groups Rally for Housing, Not Handcuffs, to End HomelessnessDuring the U.S. Supreme Court oral arguments, Louisville groups gathered to call for local solutions to homelessness On Monday, April 22, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for Johnson v. Grants Pass to decide whether it’s cruel and unusual punishment to penalize people for sleeping outside when they […]
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The Coalition for the Homeless no longer utilize volunteers for our annual point-in-time (PIT) count in January (formerly known as the “Street Count”). Louisville’s annual count is now conducted by agency outreach workers over the course of a week. However, Kentucky Housing Corporation conducts the PIT count for all of the counties surrounding Louisville, and
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The Safer KY Act was introduced in the Judiciary Committee on Friday in Frankfort. We saw the bill for the first time at the start of that committee meeting. When introducing the bill, Representative Jared Bauman said that he hopes it will create “a foundation of unstoppable prosperity.” But any strong foundation has to be
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Get Tickets Now! Join the Coalition for the Homeless for our third Path to Action event. Path to Action is a series of free in-person community discussions around homelessness and housing, where we’ll build community, dismantle myths about homelessness, hear from you, and answer questions. Path to Action 3: What Ends Homelessness?Wednesday, November 15, 4:30-6pmThe B.A. Colonial (818 W.
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Join the Coalition for the Homeless for our second Path to Action event. Path to Action is a series of free in-person community discussions around homelessness and housing, where we’ll build community, dismantle myths about homelessness, hear from you, and answer questions. Path to Action #2: Shelters Are Full. What Next?Wednesday, 10/11, from 8:30-10amRSVP for
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Join the Coalition for the Homeless as we launch Path to Action, a series of in-person community discussions around homelessness and housing. The first event will be held Wednesday, 9/6, from 5:30-7 at West Sixth NuLu (817 E Market Street). There will be a brief presentation followed by a discussion on how we got to
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Louisville’s shelters are regularly full, while over 500 unhoused people have nowhere else to go on any given night. The unfortunate reality is that—without a significant, immediate investment in shelter—unhoused people will continue to camp in public spaces in Louisville for the foreseeable future. This reality is fueled by rising rents and the lack of
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After months of consideration, the Coalition for the Homeless is announcing a change in the hours for our Coordinated Shelter Access team who manage emergency overnight shelter reservations in Louisville. Effective Saturday, July 1, the CSA team’s hours will be modified as follows: Again, these hour changes will be effective on July 1. We are taking the next three
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Why do some US cities struggle more with homelessness? A new book explores the key components of the issue: the supply of affordable homes. Join the Coalition for the Homeless and the Metropolitan Housing Coalition as we host Homelessness Is a Housing Problem with Gregg Colburn on Tuesday, May 16, from 10-11am, at the Bomhard Theatre
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Great news: on Wednesday night, the Cherokee Triangle Architectural Review Committee rejected a proposal for Louisville Collegiate School to demolish the 48 units of low-cost housing at Yorktown Apartments for a parking lot! We joined the voices of many in opposition to this demolition in November, and at Wednesday night’s hearing, a Coalition staff member
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