Policy Library
MHC maintains a library of important policy documents created by local governmental and quasi-governmental agencies for public review and use.
Louisville Metro Government Documents
As a “participating jurisdiction” receiving Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME, Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) and Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funds directly from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), Louisville Metro is required to submit a 5-year Consolidated Plan for use of those funds, annual Action Plans for those funds, and annual reports on how those funds are used. The Department of Community Services & Revitalization is responsible for the administration of those funds.
Louisville Metro 5-Year Consolidated Plan- Program Years 2010 to 2015
Louisville Metro Program Year 2011 Action Plan
Louisville Metro Program Year 2010 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report (CAPER)- Sept. 2011 draft
Louisville Metro Program Year 2010 Action Plan
Louisvillle Metro Program Year 2009 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report (CAPER)
HUD also requires Louisville Metro to submit an Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice as part of the 5-year Consolidated Plan. At the request of Metro government, MHC prepared the 2010 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice for Louisville Metro, Kentucky (AI). It was adopted as policy by Metro Government in March 2010. The AI examines the state of housing choice for the protected classes (race, color, national origin, sex, familial status, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and gender identity) in Louisville Metro, KY. The AI not only looks at where people in protected classes live, but proposes action steps to tear down barriers to fair housing.
2010 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice in Louisville Metro, KY
Louisville Metro issued its Comprehensive Housing Strategy in March 2006. The intent of this plan, created by a Housing Policy Task Force, was to guide future housing planning in Louisville, and position Louisville to meet market potential and to address existing unmet housing needs.
Louisville Metro Comprehensive Housing Strategy- March 2006
Louisville Metro’s Land Use Planning and regulations are governed by its Comprehensive Plan, Cornerstone 2020, adopted in 2001. In 2007, Louisville Metro issued a Citizen’s Handbook to Neighborhood Planning.
Cornerstone 2020 Comprehensive Plan- Adopted July 2000
Louisville Metro Citizen Handbook for Neighborhood Planning- March 2007
Follow this link to view Louisville Metro’s Land Development Code.
Louisville Metro Housing Authority Documents
Louisville Metro Housing Authority (LMHA) is one of 32 of public housing agencies nationwide participating in the Moving to Work (MTW) Demonstration Program. This special designation offers LMHA added discretion to design and test housing policies. MTW designation allows exemptions from certain HUD rules and statutes as necessary to implement activities in the Authority’s annual plan. LMHA’s MTW activities and policies must achieve at least one of the statutory objectives of the demonstration program:
- Achieve greater cost effectiveness in federal expenditures;
- Incentivize families to become economically self-sufficient; and,
- Increase housing choices for low-income families
LMHA must submit Annual Plans and Annual Reports to HUD.
LMHA-HUD Moving to Work Agreement-2008
LMHA-HUD Moving to Work Agreement- Oct. 2008 Amendment
LMHA MTW FY 2012 Annual Plan
LMHA MTW FY 2011 Annual Plan
LMHA MTW FY 2010 Annual Plan
LMHA MTW FY 2009 Annual Plan
LMHA MTW FY 2008 Annual Plan
LMHA MTW FY2010 Annual Report to HUD
LMHA MTW FY 2009 Annual Report to HUD
LMHA MTW FY 2007 Annual Report to HUD
LMHA MTW FY 2006 Annual Report to HUD
LMHA HOPE VI
LMHA has redeveloped two public housing developments under the HUD HOPE VI program. Cotter-Lang was re-developed as Park du Valle and Clarksdale was redeveloped as Liberty Green. LMHA’s third HOPE VI redevelopment is currently underway for Sheppard Square.
To obtain copies of the HOPE VI redevelopment proposals for these three projects, contact LMHA.
In January 2011, LMHA released an independent program evaluation of its community supportive services program for the Clarksdale HOPE VI project. Clarksdale HOPE VI: Community Supportive Services Program Evaluation Final Report
MHC wrote a critical analyisis of this program evaluation that can be reviewed in our report library.
2012 Fair Market Rents
Follow this link to see the Fair Market Rents established by HUD for Kentucky Metropolitan Areas, including Louisville. 2012 Fair Market Rents
Commonwealth of Kentucky Documents
Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC), the state housing finance agency, is also the pass through agency for CDBG, HOME, HOPWA and ESG funds allocated to the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It has the same planning and reporting requirements that Louisville Metro does. The Commonwealth of Kentucky is also required to submit a 5-year Consolidated Plan for use of those funds, annual Action Plans for those funds, and annual reports on how those funds are used.KHC is responsible for the administration of those funds.
Commonwealth of Kentucky 5-Year Consolidated Strategic Plan- 2010 to 2014
Commonwealth of Kentucky Program Year 2011 Action Plan
Commonwealth of Kentucky Program Year 2010 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report (CAPER)- Sept. 2011 draft
Commonwealth of Kentucky Program Year 2010 Action Plan
Commonwealth of Kentucky Program Year 2009 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report (CAPER)
Other Public Policy Documents
Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS)
Gary Orfield and Erica Frankenburg of the UCLA Civil Rights Project submitted a report in September 2011 to JCPS on its diversity plan with recommendations for future actions. Their analysis recognizes the role fair housing and integrated neighborhoods must play in creating diverse schools.
Diversity and Educational Gains- A Plan-for-a-Changing County and Its Schools- September 2011
Orfield and Frankenberg also submitted a report to the Board of Education in January 2011 about the results of parent and student surveys about JCPS integration efforts.
Experiencing Integration in Louisville- How Parents and Students See the Gains and Challenges
Kentucky Public Service Commission
The mission of the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) is to “foster the provision of safe and reliable service at a reasonable price to the customers of jurisdictional utilities while providing for the financial stability of those utilities by setting fair and just rates, and supporting their operational competence by overseeing regulated activities.” The PSC regulates the intrastate rates and services of investor-owned electric, natural gas, telephone, water and sewage utilities, customer-owned electric and telephone cooperatives, water districts and associations, and certain aspects of gas pipelines.
Because of the great impact utilities service and costs have on housing affordability, MHC has served as an “interventer” before the PSC in cases involving LG&E/KU. MHC served as an intervener in the sale of LG&E/KU to PPL in 2010, and intervened in the company’s Demand Side Management and Environmental Sucharge proposals in 2011.
Download documents related to the LG&E/KU Demand Side Management Proposal case from the PSC website.
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