Lexington city leaders are moving toward a new funding program to significantly boost affordable housing support. Members of the City Council’s Budget Committee backed a plan to rescind the current set amount of funding. New support, starting in 2025, would be based on 1% of the previous year’s city revenue amount. "Building a United Interfaith Lexington through Direct-Action" has lobbied for more affordable housing money. Mary Miller has been a part of B.U.I.L.D. for about two years.
“People can’t afford to buy housing, can’t afford to rent housing. That affects or labor market. We’ve seen high demand for jobs and people can’t afford to move to Lexington to get those jobs because we don’t have housing for them to live in,” said Miller.
