Kentucky apartment complex discriminated against Black renters with housing vouchers, complaint claims 

A complaint has been filed against a Kentucky apartment complex alleging it discriminated against Black potential tenants with federal Section 8 housing vouchers, discouraging them from applying to live there.

The Terraces at Forest Springs is managed by the St. Louis-based Michelson Realty Company and, according to  in an earlier report that some property managers have told him his credit score is too low, while others have approved his application but then claimed the unit was no longer available. He said he has exhausted his savings on application fees. 

The Louisville Housing Authority has approved 11,988 Section 8 vouchers across several programs, and 74% of the recipients are Black and 24% white. The majority of the vouchers are used in the city’s West End neighborhood, which has long suffered from economic disinvestment and discrimination. There are no vouchers in use in the city’s wealthier East End. 

“What’s missing in our community is support for renters to help them navigate fair housing issues and housing access issues,” housing justice advocate Celine Mutuyemariya told The Courier-Journal in March, noting she believed “the city should think more critically about not only adding protections, but how do we make sure that people are aware of those protections and can navigate those issues with support?”

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