Louisville plans to build a “first of its kind” medical and housing campus for unhoused residents, using federal funds dedicated through the American Rescue Plan, Mayor Craig Greenberg announced Thursday.

The project is part of a sweeping plan to prevent and reduce homelessness, which includes spending $8.25 million on eviction prevention services and $24 million to build more affordable housing.

The funds come from a $38 million grant the city received from Kentucky’s state government last month, after the U.S. Treasury forced the state to reallocate part of its Emergency Rent Assistance Program dollars that had not been spent on deadline.

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