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Permanent tent cities are another idea Trump has for dealing with people who are unhoused. Sequestering people with mental illness or substance abuse in one place has been tried, an expert says, and "it turns into hell on earth."

An NPR investigation finds thousands of veterans were pushed into high-cost mortgages by a program that was meant to help them. A rescue plan being rolled out by the Department of Veterans Affairs is excluding many vets who need help.

Older homes are the only ones many Americans can afford, but they are costly to fix and maintain, especially for seniors. A patchwork of programs to help are underfunded and have years-long waitlists.

Dosker Manor, the troubled downtown affordable housing complex, is expected to be demolished, and new housing eventually built on the site.

Operation White Flag goes into effect when the city is undergoing a severe weather emergency. More extreme weather, in the cold months and beyond, could make it hard for shelters to keep up with demand.

As the homelessness crisis grows, it’s common for the public and politicians to conflate homeless encampments and criminal activity. But how much do these camps really affect crime in cities?

Legislators on Kentucky’s Housing Task Force have heard the same refrain time and again over the past few months: The Commonwealth needs more places to live, especially more affordable and middle-income housing. But, Monday’s meeting drew attention to challenges that some officials say prevent those options from being built.

Louisville Metro Council approved redevelopment plans and incentives for the Urban Government Center on Thursday, eight years after city agencies abandoned the property near downtown.

Louisville will use part of a large pot of money previously allocated by the Kentucky legislature to support construction of the Community Care Campus. The complex is intended to be part of the city’s response to homelessness, and officials said it would be complete by the end of 2027.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg told lawmakers this summer that the city’s affordable housing stock increased by 18,000 units in five years. We checked it out.