(A) (1) Except as provided in division (A)(2) below, the Housing Commission shall consist of the Mayor, ex officio, and four (4) persons appointed by him with the approval of the City Council.
(2) If the Housing Commission has agreed to accept a transfer or full transfer of ownership and operation of another city's public housing program pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937, the Housing Commission shall consist of the Mayor, ex officio, or the Mayor's designee; four (4) persons appointed by the Mayor with the approval of City Council; and one (1) additional person appointed by each Mayor of a city divesting itself of its authority, with the approval of that city's legislative body. (KRS 80.030)
(B) (1) (a) Each person appointed to the Housing Commission shall be at least twenty-five (25) years of age and a bona fide resident of the city for at least one (1) year preceding the appointment. No officer or employee of the city, whether holding a paid or unpaid office, is eligible to hold an appointment on the Housing Commission. Appointees to the Housing Commission shall be originally appointed for terms of four (4) years. Upon the expiration of the term of the first appointees, their successors shall be appointed for terms of one, two, three, and four years, respectively, and upon the expiration of the term of each of the second group of appointees his successor shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years. Vacancies shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner as the original appointment.
(b) If the Housing Commission has agreed to accept a transfer or full transfer of ownership and operation of another city's public housing program pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937, a Housing Commission member appointed by the Mayor of the divesting city, as set out in division (A) above, shall be a resident of the city divesting itself of authority.
(2) (a) If the Housing Commission has not agreed to accept a transfer or full transfer of ownership and operation of another city's public housing program pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937, then no more than two (2) appointees on the Housing Commission shall be affiliated with the same political party.
(b) If the Housing Commission has agreed to accept a transfer or full transfer of ownership and operation of another city's public housing program pursuant to the United States Housing Act of 1937, and:
1. Has an even number of members, then no more than one-half of the appointees on the Housing Commission shall be affiliated with the same political party; or
2. Has an odd number of members, then no more than one-half of the appointees plus one (1) member of the Housing Commission shall be affiliated with the same political party. (KRS 80.040)