<body><div><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2IxXQm_1EZ9zvwL00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2IxXQm_1EZ9zvwL00" width="1200" height="600" ><p>LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A handful of new housing developments have been proposed for the downtown Lexington area, many of them geared toward students looking to live off campus.</p><p>UK junior Willa Larbes has lived off campus for two years and says it can be more affordable.</p><p>“Its cheaper to live off campus because the dorm and things like that, and also, I still have to pay for a parking pass if I live on campus, so that’s 300 dollars for a year of parking, whereas the house that I’m living at currently, its included in my lease,” Larbes said.</p><h2>Record enrollment could increase housing need</h2><p>UK could see record-breaking enrollment this year, meaning more student housing may be needed.</p><p>Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Planning Director Jim Duncan said 5,000 new housing beds have been approved near campus over the next year.</p><p>“Its been our experience that these managed housing projects are much better for the neighborhood than sort of scattered side ownership. They’re professionally managed, the tenants are all curated as far as eligibility to live there,” Duncan said.</p><h2>Proposed project could affect 15 properties</h2><p>One proposed development would cover a block bordered by Maxwell, Broadway, Pine and Spring streets, potentially impacting 15 properties.</p><p>Some business employees said they didn’t know their buildings could be affected.</p><p>Duncan said that can happen when a project already meets existing zoning rules.</p><p>“In other instances, the zoning is already in place, and they don’t need to go through that process… the neighborhood may not be aware of it,” Duncan said.</p><h2>Residents question available space</h2><p>Some residents question whether there is enough space left to build near campus.</p><p>“I think we already have run out of space and they’re just taking things that have already been built and making them bigger,” Larbes said.</p><p>Duncan said these student-focused projects could also help ease Lexington’s broader housing shortage.</p><p>The McBrayer Law Firm is hosting a neighborhood engagement meeting with developers to discuss the Maxwell, Broadway, Pine and Spring Street project. The meeting was scheduled from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at the Lexington Public Library location on East Main Street.</p></div></body>

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LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A handful of new housing developments have been proposed for the downtown Lexington area, many of them geared toward students looking to live off campus. UK junior Willa Larbes has lived off campus for two years and says it can be more affordable. “Its cheaper to...

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