LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Mayor Craig Greenberg says house fires are down 63 percent in two Louisville neighborhoods because of a pilot program centered around securing abandoned homes in west Louisville.
Over the last year, the city, led by fire officials and Codes & Regulations, have made a simple but substantial change in how they board up vacant homes, trading plywood for see-through plastic.
“It’s hard…It’d be difficult for somebody to really just try to shatter this or break in,” said Jackie Floyd, longtime community leader in the Russell neighborhood…