LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Executive Director for Louisville's Metro Housing Authority wants to tear down Dosker Manor, and Mayor Craig Greenberg agrees with that assessment. 

Greenberg said on Thursday that he supports tearing down the building and starting from scratch. He praised Louisville Metro Housing Authority Executive Director Elizabeth Strojan, saying she has done a great job of addressing the needs of its residents as well as their future needs.

Strojan told Metro Council members on Wednesday that she believes starting fresh is best

Many residents have complained about mice, bugs, mold and crime at the public housing complex in downtown Louisville, and Strojan said its current condition is the result of "decades of neglect." 

Officials plan to help current residents find a new place to live, and re-location meetings will begin at the end of this month.

"We are in the process of planning what relocation would like like, and that is an intensive process because it's a lot of people," Strojan said. "It's a lot of one-bedroom units, and efficiency units, and that is something that we have a shortage of in the city of Louisville."

Greenberg said residents would most likely be moved to vacant apartments other LMHA properties. Residents may also be given vouchers to use to rent other apartments in Louisville.

The first resident relocation meeting will be held May 21.

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