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VICKI: NOT ENOUGH AND
NOT
ACCESSIBLE, AFFORDABLE HOUSING
IS AN E IN OUR COMMUNITY,
ACCORDING TO A NEP -- A NEW REPORT.
RICK:
THE REPORT FOUND THAT THE
CITY IS BEN JACKIE HAS MORE.
BEN: EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE
METRO COUNCI CHANGES
TO
THE DEVELOPMENT CODE THAT LIFTRESTRICTIONS ON MULTIFAMILY
DWELLING
HOUSING ADVOCATES CONSIDER IT
PROGRESS IN POE
IMPACT REMAINS TO BE SEEN.
THE WAYSIDE CHRISTIAN MISSION IS
HOME FOR CYNTHIA BROYLES AND HER
SHE LIKES IT HERE, BUT SHE'D
MUCH RATHER BE IN AN AFFORDABLE
APARTMENT OF HER OWN.
IT'S BEEN KIND OF HARD.
BECAUSE I'VE BEEN TOLD $625.
I'VE
I'VE BEEN TOLD $550.
I'VE BEEN TOLD A WAITING LIST
FOR
BEN: CYNTHIA IS NOT ALONE,
THOUSANDS OF IMPOVERISHED
LOUISVILLE AREA RESIDENTS ARE
FINDING IT HARDER TO FIND
HOUS
ACCORDING THE METRO HOUSING
COALITION'S STATE OF HOUSING
FAMILIES WITH CHILDREN LIVE IN
POVERTY.
14% OF WORKERS CAN'T AFFORD A
TWO-BEDROOM APARTMENT.
AND WHILE MEDIAN INCOMES HAVE
DROPPED IN THE LAST 10 YEARS,
APARTMENT RENT RATES HAVE RISEN.
AND WE'RE STILL STRUGGLING
WITH DECLINE IN OUR MEDIAN
INCOME, AND WITH THE FACT THAT
MANY FOLKS ARE STILL SPENDING,
SPENDING MORE THAN 30% OF THEIR
HOUSEHOLD INCOME ON HOUSING.
THAT MEANS THAT THEY'RE
OVERBURDEN
ISN'T IT SAD TO KNOW THAT AS
WE ADD MAPS ABOUT PEOPLE IN
PROTECTED CLASSES, ALL WE SHOW
IS FURTHER SEGREGATION.
BEN: THE REPORT ILLUSTRATES A
PATTERN TH.
CONDENSED AREAS OF SUBSIDIZED
HOUSING, SECTION 8 HOUSING, AND
LOW INCOME HOUSING CREDITS,
MOSTLY IN WEST LOUISVILLE AND
SOME PARTS OF SOUTHWESTERN
JEFFERSON COUNTY.
THE COALITION SAYS FEWER
LANDLORDS ARE ACCEPTING
INDIVIDUAL SUBSIDIES BECAUSE OF
LIVING.
IT'S A STRUGGLE CYNTHIA KNOWS
ALL TOO WELL.
THE EXPERIENCES -- EXPERIENCE
IS DIFFICULT.
IT'S JUST BEING TURNED DOWN.
I KEEP ON TRYING TO STAY
POSITIVE.
BEN: THE REPORT ALSO
SAYS THAT
WHILE FORECLOSURES DROPPED BY A
THIRD IN LAST YEAR, IT IS
STILL 80% HIGHER THAN 10 YEARS
