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. …
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 …
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 …
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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December 23, 2022 It’s colder today than it’s been in Louisville since 1994, which means it’s extraordinarily dangerous for people who are unsheltered. As many of us have been grocery shopping in anticipation of the winter storm or for our holiday celebrations, outreach and shelter workers have been working tirelessly to get unhoused people indoors quickly. The city …
Below are are our official comments on the Case 22-COA-0251, which proposes to destroy Yorktown Apartments—a 48-unit affordable housing building—for a parking lot for Louisville Collegiate School. There will be a public hearing on Wednesday, 11/30, at 4:30pm at the Metro Development Center (444 S. 5th Street, Room 101). At the Coalition for the Homeless, …
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Last summer, we advocated together for American Rescue Plan funds to be dedicated toward affordable housing and supportive services. Your engagement resulted in affordable housing being the top priority in Metro Council’s citywide survey, and ultimately, in $89 million of ARP funds being dedicated toward homelessness and housing! We have two updates about this funding: Thanks to our partners, Metro …
