Moving to Work (MTW) - Louisville Metropolitan Housing Authority

General Information

The Louisville Metropolitan Housing Authority(LMHA) administers 4,741 units in its family developments, elderly high-rises, and its scattered sites. With the revitalization of the Park DuValle neighborhood, LMHA razed 1,116 public housing units in its two most distressed developments, Cotter Homes and Lang Homes, to create a mixed-income community of public housing rentals, tax credit rentals, market-rate rentals, and homeownership units.

Status

LMHA signed its MTW agreement with HUD in August 1999. LMHA was created in 2003, as the Housing Authority of Louisville and Jefferson County Housing Authority merged.

Goals

1. Increase the share of residents making progress toward self sufficiency.
2. Achieve a greater income mix.
3. Improve the quality of the assisted stock.
4. Expand the special dispersal of assisted housing.
5. Reduce and/or reallocate administrative, operation, and/or maintenance costs.
6. Enhance housing authority capacity to plan and deliver effective programs.
7. Develop programs and housing stock targeted to populations with special needs, especially those not adequately served elsewhere in the community.

Agreement

Support

Louisville Field Office
Office of Public Housing
Gene Snyder Courthouse
601 West Broadway
P.O. Box 1044
Louisville, KY 40202-1044
(502) 582-6163 ext. 370
F (502) 582-6558
Diana Pack
Diana.Pack@hud.gov

Contact

Louisville Metropolitian Housing Authority
420 South 8th Street
Louisville, KY 40203
(502) 574-3400
F (502) 574-3459

MTW Staff Contact
Tim Barry, Executive Director
Sarah Howard, Primary Contact
(502) 569-4505
F (502) 569-3459
showard@LMHA1.org