Even with a demolition plan underway, the history of Dosker Manor, the site of the first high-rise building for public housing in Louisville, will still stand.
The apartments were originally meant for senior living, defined by housing officials as for those 62 years and older. There were maximum income limits of $3,750 for one person, or $4,625 for a couple. Adjusted for inflation, $3,750 in 1967 would amount to $36,000 in 2025. The three buildings making up the Dosker Manor complex opened between 1968 and 1971.
Officials with Louisville’s Municipal Housing Commission found a high demand for Dosker Manor accommodations. For the South Tower alone, The Courier Journal reported there were more than 1,300 applications for 200 units. A “no vacancy” sign was out before the building even opened…