Where Do You Live?: Louisville's Homeless Children and the Affordable Housing Crisis

by MHC

LOUISVILLE KY, August 01, 2009 - During the 2008-2009 school year, 8,582, nearly 9%, of all children in the JCPS system were homeless at some time in the year. As an estimated ten families face foreclosure each day in the Louisville area, MHC is releasing this much needed in-depth look at how our children are being affected by the growing affordable housing crisis. With this rich data we will formulate policy based recommendations and actions you can take to help improve this crisis. Thank you to our sponsors Making Connections Louisville and PNC Bank. Without your support, this report would not be possible. Also, thank you to JCPS who worked with researchers Valerie Salley and Fran Ellers.

"There is a 10% vacancy rate in several Louisville neighborhoods for market-rate rental housing. Yet, the Coalition for the Homeless tells us that over 10,000 people are living in shelters or with relatives because they are unable to afford those apartments."
—MHC