Power has been fully restored one week after an electrical fire at a high-rise residential community operated by the Louisville Metro Housing Authority caused an outage.
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The agency is largely funded by federal money.
A celebration was held Wednesday to mark the 500th home purchased through the LMHA program.
The power outage occurred in the C Building of Dosker Manor due to a burst sprinkler in one of the apartments around 12 a.m. on Saturday.
The Louisville Metro Housing Authority is responsible for providing housing for thousands of thousands of people in Louisville.
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With a shortage of affordable housing options that will take Section 8 vouchers in the city, LMHA said it has a plan to help developers build new affordable housing.
The challenge for LMHA will be moving residents to places that meet their needs.
A man was taken to the hospital after being stabbed during an altercation in downtown Louisville on Sunday evening, according to Louisville Metro Police.
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Officials plan to help current residents find a new place to live, and re-location meetings will begin at the end of this month.
LMHA leadership told Metro Council the public housing is too expensive to operate and would cost a fortune to rehabilitate.