Tony Curtis, head of Louisville’s Metro Housing Coalition , started the 30-day 2025 General Assembly in Frankfort with high expectations.
A task force of state lawmakers studied Kentucky’s housing shortage during the legislative interim 2024. They concluded the state was 206,207 housing units short of what it needs for its population of more than 4.5 million people, making shelter unaffordable and weakening the economy. They pledged to find smart solutions.
But once lawmakers got back to the Capitol to write new laws in January, not many housing-related bills made it through their chambers to Gov. Andy Beshear’s desk…