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A family said a property manager failed to repair their home’s air conditioner. Their son died after he spent the night in the family’s car to beat the heat. Now, a local lawmaker wants to strengthen the city’s outdated housing code.
Louisville officials are relying on a local law that gives them authority to take down a structure at short notice if there is a risk to those who live in or near it. That’s their justification for conducting a “planned, monitored and controlled burn” of a Highview home where a man was allegedly crafting homemade explosives.
Louisville Metro Councilwoman Donna Purvis has begun doing her own patrols to help identify problem properties in her district but wants to see the city take a more proactive approach to code enforcement.