The program is meant to focus on more than a thousand vacant and abandoned properties mainly concentrated in west Louisville. 

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg set a goal last year that the city would create or preserve 15,000 affordable housing units by 2027.

New Directions received a $6.36 million grants from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for energy efficient renovations at its Directions Apartments.

Kentucky's most vulnerable targets are children.