Metropolitan Housing Coalition

The Metropolitan Housing Coalition educates and advocates for fair, accessible, and affordable housing in the Louisville Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA).  MHC is a non-profit organization supported by over 300 individuals and organizations as coalition members who believe safe, decent housing is a basic human right. 

Housing is a fundamental social determinant for health outcomes, education outcomes, safety, and opportunity. The Metropolitan Housing Coalition invites you to support our work toward a home for every neighbor - advancing fair, affordable, and accessible housing for everyone in the Louisville MSA.

Your donation on Give for Good will support our organization in continuing our critical work. Since the last Give for Good, MHC has: 

• Written and published the 2025 Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice in Louisville, Kentucky for Louisville Metro Government.
• Released the 2025 State of Metropolitan Housing Report (SMHR) entitled Housing Louisville’s Workforce: Connecting Community with Economic Opportunity with the Northern Kentucky University Center for Economic Analysis and Development (CEAD). 
• Completed an impact analysis on the Metropolitan Housing Coalition Loan Program for non-profit developers over an approximate 30 year period.
  
• Jointly intervened on behalf of low- and fixed-income households before the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) in the LG&E-KU IRP case, CPCN case, and rate case where the LG&E/KU suggested $3.7 billion in new generation and 11.5% rate increase due to potential data centers. 
• Published our first housing and utility affordability report entitled Affordability Beyond the Rent: Utility Burdens and the True Cost of Housing in Louisville, Kentucky through a new partnership with the Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance (SEEA). 
• Continued advocating for affordable utilities through MHC’s EveryHome program, reaching over 10,000 Louisvillians. 
• Hosted our first housing and utility affordability conference entitled Beyond the Rent: Policy Driven Solutions to Housing and Utility Burdens with over 150 attendees, 17 local and national speakers, and a panel of experts.
• Launched the Roof Over Our Head initiative, bringing together a unique, non-traditional coalition of organizations to combat the anti-affordable housing, anti-housing, anti-multifamily housing mindset and change the narrative in our community. 
• Advocated at the local, state, and federal level for fair, accessible, and affordable housing policy.
• Published a policy paper entitled Protecting Communities in the Age of Data Centers: Understanding the Consequences for Louisville's Housing and Utility Landscape, addressing the concern proposed data centers will have on our Louisville community. 
• ...and much more.