LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Hundreds of Dosker Manor residents -- including disabled tenants with limited options and vouchers set to expire -- are still waiting for the city to help relocate them after the officials decided to demolish the building in May 2024.
While the city has moved 223 residents out of the high-rise complex near the corner of Muhammad Ali Boulevard and Liberty Street in downtown Louisville, the Louisville Metro Housing Authority (LMHA) still has more than 400 people left to relocate. Some are waiting for paperwork to be finalized, while others are struggling to find suitable housing.
For Enzo Intelligence, a longtime resident with special needs, the search for an accessible apartment that complies with the Americans With Disability Act (ADA) has been especially difficult.
His current apartment at Dosker Manor is set up for a wheelchair, but he and his fellow residents have endured mold, maggots, power outages, and poor maintenance that left elevators unusable for several days at a time.
Like everyone else, Intelligence wants out of the building, but finding a similar apartment near downtown Louisville has been especially challenging.
"Finding an ADA place is nearly impossible," Intelligence said. "The only time an ADA apartment comes up is when somebody dies, pretty much."
Intelligence has lived at Dosker Manor for the past decade. He said finding a similar apartment downtown is proving to be a challenge.
"All my medical appointments are right here across the street," Intelligence explained. "My pharmacy is right there -- CVS. My bank is right there."
Intelligence has a Section 8 housing voucher that will cover up to $1,300 in rent per month -- but it expires soon.
"My voucher expires on the 27th, within 30 days," he said. "So to me, that voucher is useless."
LMHA officials have been working with Enzo to find a suitable apartment, but Enzo said the lack of ADA-compatible rental housing is severely limiting his choices. LMHA officials told us they can extend the voucher to allow more time for the resident to secure housing. It is their hope that this will be rare, and most residents who have been issued vouchers are well on their way to leasing a new apartment.
"LMHA will never give up on residents, and we are still in the voluntary phase of the relocation. We hope that all residents will choose to move to a better housing option as soon as it is available to them."
Previous Coverage:
- Nearly 500 Dosker Manor residents waiting to be moved as LMHA struggles to find housing
- 100th resident leaves dilapidated Louisville housing complex, a place where people 'lost hope'
- Dosker Manor residents struggle with unpaid rent amid relocation from Louisville housing complex
- Louisville Metro Housing Authority proposes debt forgiveness plan for Dosker Manor residents
- LMHA finding a way to tackle critical shortage of affordable housing in Louisville
- LMHA to begin relocating residents from Louisville's Dosker Manor so it can be torn down
- Dosker Manor residents anxiously wait for the Louisville Metro Housing Authority to relocate them
- Mayor Craig Greenberg agrees with assessment to demolish Dosker Manor in downtown Louisville
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