The St. John Center in downtown Louisville provides housing for 200 formerly homeless people and also runs a day center for people who are still on the streets. (Photo provided)
An abrupt shift in the way the federal government allocates funds to help the homeless has shocked groups that provide housing aid throughout Kentucky, a change advocates say could put many low-income, mostly disabled Kentuckians back on the streets.
“We are looking at a severe cut to our existing programming,” said Adrienne Bush, executive director of the Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky, which helps provide homes for about 60 households. “There are folks who without this program would be homeless. They most likely will be homeless again without rent support and case management.”
Overall, the changes announced Nov. 13 by the U.S. Department for Housing and Urban Development (HUD) could put more than 2,000 Kentucky households at risk of becoming homeless again, according to an analysis by the Corporation for Supportive Housing, which is working with providers…