Bill Hollander
@bhollander.bsky.social
Louisville Citizen. Formerly Louisville Council member, Attorney and Journalist. Tell City native.
In Louisville, the changes could cause more than half the 1,900 people in what’s called permanent supportive housing to lose housing and services, including counseling, mental health and addiction treatment, financial education and other help. kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/24/m...
Many Kentuckians at risk of returning to homelessness because of federal funding switch • Kentucky Lantern
Abrupt shift in federal funds to help the homeless could put many disabled Kentuckians back on the streets, say advocates.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
In Louisville, the changes could cause more than half the 1,900 people in what’s called permanent supportive housing to lose housing and services, including counseling, mental health and addiction treatment, financial education and other help. kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/24/m...
Here we go again. More Frankfort overreach and more attacks on local control. The proposal would preempt an enacted Louisville ordinance. It should be vigorously opposed by Louisville officials. kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/20/3...
Republican introduces proposal to require Kentucky police agencies to have ICE agreements • Kentucky Lantern
A Kentucky Republican wants to require all Kentucky police agencies to enter agreements for federal immigration enforcement.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Here we go again. More Frankfort overreach and more attacks on local control. The proposal would preempt an enacted Louisville ordinance. It should be vigorously opposed by Louisville officials. kentuckylantern.com/2025/11/20/3...
Ginkgo trees often lose most of their leaves in one day, and this appears to be the day for the historic tree at the Peterson Dumesnil House!
November 11, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Ginkgo trees often lose most of their leaves in one day, and this appears to be the day for the historic tree at the Peterson Dumesnil House!
Good to see @repmcgarvey.bsky.social speaking out on Capitol Hill today, recounting bare shelves and lines for food here and this: “To Donald Trump, come to Louisville, Kentucky, look those people in the eye and tell them you’ve made the choice to take away their food”.
November 4, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Good to see @repmcgarvey.bsky.social speaking out on Capitol Hill today, recounting bare shelves and lines for food here and this: “To Donald Trump, come to Louisville, Kentucky, look those people in the eye and tell them you’ve made the choice to take away their food”.
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We understand how stressful this moment feels for many in our community. If the upcoming suspension of SNAP benefits or the government shutdown has affected your household, support is available.
Call 211 for help connecting to available resources. It's available 24/7 in many different languages.
Call 211 for help connecting to available resources. It's available 24/7 in many different languages.
October 29, 2025 at 7:32 PM
We understand how stressful this moment feels for many in our community. If the upcoming suspension of SNAP benefits or the government shutdown has affected your household, support is available.
Call 211 for help connecting to available resources. It's available 24/7 in many different languages.
Call 211 for help connecting to available resources. It's available 24/7 in many different languages.
Wonderful to see support building for Louisville’s Home for Good campaign to reduce street homelessness through permanent supportive housing, including a great event hosted by Mayor Craig Greenberg today. Learn more - and contribute - here: metrounitedway.org/home-for-good/
October 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Wonderful to see support building for Louisville’s Home for Good campaign to reduce street homelessness through permanent supportive housing, including a great event hosted by Mayor Craig Greenberg today. Learn more - and contribute - here: metrounitedway.org/home-for-good/
Coalition for the Homeless staff and board members were at the Salvation Army today, handing out backpacks full of supplies to Louisvillians and connecting them to other resources. Thanks to Councilman Ken Herndon for stopping by and to all partners for participating.
October 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Coalition for the Homeless staff and board members were at the Salvation Army today, handing out backpacks full of supplies to Louisvillians and connecting them to other resources. Thanks to Councilman Ken Herndon for stopping by and to all partners for participating.
Great to see The Chancery ribbon cutting today. It will provide 34 more units of permanent supportive housing in Louisville, which is the proven best way to address chronic homelessness. The project started with a Metro Council appropriation of American Rescue Plan funds in November 2021.
October 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Great to see The Chancery ribbon cutting today. It will provide 34 more units of permanent supportive housing in Louisville, which is the proven best way to address chronic homelessness. The project started with a Metro Council appropriation of American Rescue Plan funds in November 2021.
Louisville food pantries, including the one at United Crescent Hill Ministries (UCHM), are running out of food. You can help by contributing to it, another pantry or Dare to Care.
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Louisville food pantries already face shortages. The SNAP cutoff could make it worse
Funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is set to run out by Nov. 1, forcing millions of Americans to find other ways to get food.
www.courier-journal.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Louisville food pantries, including the one at United Crescent Hill Ministries (UCHM), are running out of food. You can help by contributing to it, another pantry or Dare to Care.
www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...
www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...
The Louisville Affordable Housing Trust Fund is a vital resource for providing housing and hope in Louisville, and it’s needed now more than ever. Here’s a good exploration of how it operates. www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...
How Louisville’s Affordable Housing Trust Fund works to address the affordability crisis
The Louisville Affordable Housing Trust Fund has helped create more than 4,000 apartments and single-family homes, but not everyone understands how it works.
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October 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The Louisville Affordable Housing Trust Fund is a vital resource for providing housing and hope in Louisville, and it’s needed now more than ever. Here’s a good exploration of how it operates. www.lpm.org/news/2025-10...
Tremendous crowd in Louisville today, hearing from @repmcgarvey.bsky.social and others and marching downtown. Republicans who have characterized today’s demonstrators as people who hate America are not only wrong but in for a rude awakening. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Tremendous crowd in Louisville today, hearing from @repmcgarvey.bsky.social and others and marching downtown. Republicans who have characterized today’s demonstrators as people who hate America are not only wrong but in for a rude awakening. #NoKings
Without the action by Congress that Democrats are seeking as part of the continuing resolution, “in Kentucky, a 60-year-old couple making $85,000 per year could face an increase of $23,700 in annual premiums.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
Higher Obamacare Prices Become Public in a Dozen States
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October 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Without the action by Congress that Democrats are seeking as part of the continuing resolution, “in Kentucky, a 60-year-old couple making $85,000 per year could face an increase of $23,700 in annual premiums.” www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/h...
This new development in Russell was funded in part with American Rescue Plan dollars allocated to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund by Metro Council in November 2021. www.wdrb.com/news/louisvi...
Louisville celebrates completion of $45M affordable housing community The Eclipse in Russell
The Eclipse in Russell is a $45 million community with 280 units, serving families who earn less than $80,000 a year.
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October 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This new development in Russell was funded in part with American Rescue Plan dollars allocated to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund by Metro Council in November 2021. www.wdrb.com/news/louisvi...
The program, which offers financial support for down payments, has been instrumental for many buyers for years but wasn’t funded in this year’s Metro budget. www.wlky.com/article/loui...
Louisville residents raise questions about down payment assistance
Louisville Metro's website advertising the program says it "is no longer accepting applications as resources are now being redirected to support other Metro-funded single-family development initiative...
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October 16, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The program, which offers financial support for down payments, has been instrumental for many buyers for years but wasn’t funded in this year’s Metro budget. www.wlky.com/article/loui...
October 15 is White Cane Safety Day, a national celebration of the achievements of people who are blind or visually impaired, a cherished community in the home of the American Printing House for the Blind and the Ky School for the Blind. Good to join a celebration on Frankfort Avenue in Louisville.
October 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
October 15 is White Cane Safety Day, a national celebration of the achievements of people who are blind or visually impaired, a cherished community in the home of the American Printing House for the Blind and the Ky School for the Blind. Good to join a celebration on Frankfort Avenue in Louisville.
Louisville’s previous policy on ICE holds didn’t violate federal law. That’s why the Trump administration has suffered a string of court losses, 50 jurisdictions have an injunction against Trump’s threats and Louisville is the ONLY city that capitulated.
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From sanctuary city to federal cooperation. ICE holds surge after Louisville policy shift
Since Mayor Craig Greenberg reinstated a policy allowing ICE detainers, Louisville has already reached 40% of last year’s total.
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October 14, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Louisville’s previous policy on ICE holds didn’t violate federal law. That’s why the Trump administration has suffered a string of court losses, 50 jurisdictions have an injunction against Trump’s threats and Louisville is the ONLY city that capitulated.
www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2...
www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2...
Great to see a youth group in front of St. Francis of Assisi offering water and collecting donations for Hip Hop Cares at today’s Bardstown Road CycLOUvia. If you are in the area, help them out!
October 12, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Great to see a youth group in front of St. Francis of Assisi offering water and collecting donations for Hip Hop Cares at today’s Bardstown Road CycLOUvia. If you are in the area, help them out!
Louisville is the only city that has agreed to drop key policies that had restricted police and sheriffs from assisting ICE in making arrests. And Trump has faced a string of losses in court, including an injunction that prevents threats against 50 localities.
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Trump presses sanctuary cities to work with ICE, but few are budging
Cities like Boston, Chicago and Portland are facing the threat of lawsuits and federal troop takeovers. But leaders in most sanctuary cities are not compromising on protecting immigrants.
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October 7, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Louisville is the only city that has agreed to drop key policies that had restricted police and sheriffs from assisting ICE in making arrests. And Trump has faced a string of losses in court, including an injunction that prevents threats against 50 localities.
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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Exploding costs will make marketplace coverage too expensive for 18,000 Kentuckians, forcing many of them to become uninsured, unless Congress acts soon. kypolicy.org/aca-marketpl...
September 26, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Exploding costs will make marketplace coverage too expensive for 18,000 Kentuckians, forcing many of them to become uninsured, unless Congress acts soon. kypolicy.org/aca-marketpl...
“Back in May, nearly 150 workers, mostly Cuban immigrants, were laid off after the Trump administration abruptly changed their legal immigration status.”
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Louisville factory lays off workers after their legal immigration status was revoked
A Biden-era parole program, known as CHNV, temporarily protected roughly 532,000 Cubans, Nicaraguans, Haitians and Venezuelans from the risk of deportation.
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September 25, 2025 at 10:11 AM
“Back in May, nearly 150 workers, mostly Cuban immigrants, were laid off after the Trump administration abruptly changed their legal immigration status.”
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In 2017, Metro Council rejected the unanimous recommendation of the Planning Commission in a 14-11 vote. It was a sad day for Louisville - and a costly one-
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Louisville settles lawsuit over failed affordable housing project in Prospect
The settlement ends an eight-year lawsuit brought against the city by LDG Development.
www.lpm.org
September 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
In 2017, Metro Council rejected the unanimous recommendation of the Planning Commission in a 14-11 vote. It was a sad day for Louisville - and a costly one-
www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...
www.lpm.org/news/2025-09...
www.courier-journal.com/story/news/l...
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Home rule is in a sad state in Kentucky. Sometimes, it’s the General Assembly preempting local laws; sometimes, it’s the Supreme Court declaring local laws invalid even when it’s far from clear that was the legislature’s intent. Frankfort exerts more & more control and local government gets weaker.
KY Supreme Court nixes Lexington no-knock ban. What does that mean for Louisville?
The move raises questions about the future of Louisville's no-knock ordinance, which was enacted in the wake of the police killing of Breonna Taylor.
www.courier-journal.com
September 18, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Home rule is in a sad state in Kentucky. Sometimes, it’s the General Assembly preempting local laws; sometimes, it’s the Supreme Court declaring local laws invalid even when it’s far from clear that was the legislature’s intent. Frankfort exerts more & more control and local government gets weaker.
Give for Good donations to Louisville’s Coalition for the Homeless are now being doubled, thanks to contributions by fellow board members. Thanks for your support! www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/organization...
September 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Give for Good donations to Louisville’s Coalition for the Homeless are now being doubled, thanks to contributions by fellow board members. Thanks for your support! www.giveforgoodlouisville.org/organization...
"We're seeing less food going out and higher demand," Vincent James of Dare to Care said. "Unfortunately, some of our partners are already running out of food." www.wdrb.com/news/we-re-g...
'We’re gonna suffer' | Louisville families struggle as food bank supplies dwindle
Dare to Care is seeing a record demand for its resources, with one in seven adults facing food insecurity in Kentucky.
www.wdrb.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:16 PM
"We're seeing less food going out and higher demand," Vincent James of Dare to Care said. "Unfortunately, some of our partners are already running out of food." www.wdrb.com/news/we-re-g...