Kentucky URLTA, adopted by Louisville Metro, allows landlords to terminate month-to-month tenancies without stating cause by giving thirty days' written notice, providing fewer tenant protections than just-cause regimes in other major US cities.
Under KRS §383.695, a month-to-month tenancy in Louisville may be ended by either party with thirty days' written notice that need not state a reason. Fixed-term leases generally run to expiration unless breached. Louisville has no local just-cause eviction ordinance, and Kentucky's preemption posture and 2016 KY Supreme Court decision in Holland v. Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government discourage local efforts to add layers of tenant protection beyond state law. Federally subsidized housing remains subject to HUD good-cause requirements regardless of state default rules.
A landlord who delivers defective or untimely notice, attempts self-help eviction, or evicts in retaliation for tenant complaints can be liable for wrongful-eviction damages and statutory fees.
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