KENTUCKY —  During this In Focus Kentucky segment, Louisville Metro Councilman Jecorey Arthur discusses several of his top legislative issues he hopes to tackle in the coming months.

One area of concern for Arthur is the topic of racial equity and the need to develop new plans that increase underserved Louisvillans access to fair housing.

"When it comes to housing, we have to understand the numbers first. The housing needs assessment from 2019 identified that we need 31,000+ homes to house people at the lowest income level in this city. 31,142 to be exact. We need that now, we needed it 10 years ago. And there is no plan. There's no plan in place to make sure this housing need is met, and that's problematic because we have dozens of organizations from the Coalition for the Homeless, which I work with on a daily basis to local Metro Housing Authority to the Affordable Housing Trust Fund. We have so many organizations from government to grasstops to grassroots that are supposed to be advocating to get people housed," explains Councilman Arthur.