Home for Good

Home for Good represents a shared vision to significantly reduce street homelessness in Louisville through permanent supportive housing.

The Context: Street Homelessness in Louisville

  • 12,385 people experienced homelessness in 2024, and most were sheltered

  • 1,537 people are chronically homeless and need additional support to get off the streets

  • Louisville is short 1,245 permanent supportive housing units (with 292 units coming soon)

  • Street homelessness is costing Louisvillians over $16,400 per person per year in healthcare costs alone, for a total of $25 million in annual healthcare costs

The Answer: Permanent Supportive Housing

Permanent supportive housing:

  • Combines housing, mental healthcare, and social services as a national best practice

  • Targets chronically homeless people through a highly collaborative, centralized process

  • Has a 98% success rate of keeping people housed over the past decade in Louisville

  • Was responsible for housing nearly 1,700 homeless Louisvillians last year

Why Now?

  1. Strong city and civic leaders alike are eager to focus on a vibrant city for everyone
  2. Momentum is building with 292 new permanent supportive housing units coming online
  3. Milwaukee has built a roadmap for success by reducing unsheltered homelessness by 90%

How Will We Get It Done?

We need to collaborate and work with urgency in Louisville. We’ve built a plan based on the same principles that have led to success in cities across the country to significantly reduce street homelessness quickly by prioritizing permanent supportive housing.

Phase One: House 250 People by 2027

  • Follow guidance of national consultant to analyze data, establish goals, and identify Home for Good task force

  • Building on existing fundraising, raise remaining $2.3 million for services from Louisville foundations, philanthropists, organizations

  • Establish flexible housing subsidy fund (using vouchers, governmental funds, and private dollars)

  • House 250 unsheltered Louisvillians by 2027

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