Tag Archives: housing

Mapping race in Louisville

September 22, 2010 – 12:01 pm

Using data from the census, someone made a map of Louisville and southern Indiana broken down by race and ethnicity. It pretty much shows what we already know about our hyper-segregated housing patterns and racial divide in the city, but the visual provides a better understanding. Each dot represents 25 people and the colors represent [...]

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Former city housing director indicted

September 15, 2010 – 11:56 am

After a scathing state audit and ongoing police investigation for the past two years, Kimberly Bunton, the former director of the city’s Department of Housing and Family Services, has been indicted on two charges of theft by unlawful taking of over $300. The felony charges were handed out Monday and are punishable with a fine [...]

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West End experiencing high foreclosure rates, says PVA

April 29, 2010 – 2:52 pm

Hoping to bring attention to the city’s housing woes, Jefferson County Property Valuation Administrator Tony Lindauer says that although Louisville has been fairly insulated from the national foreclosure crisis, the West End has a significant number of vulnerable properties. The property value administrator is responding to data found in the upcoming annual state of the [...]

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Federal aid still coming to Metro housing

February 25, 2009 – 11:22 am

As if to use its gentle invisible hand to stroke our head, ease our damaged confidence, the federal government has issued $6.4 million in aid for homelessness and housing programs in Louisville. That should temporarily assuage any concerns about the city losing federal grant money because of its pathological inability to manage money or conduct [...]

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