Innovative Workforce Housing Model: Linking Housing with Services and Removing Blight
Blog | March 13, 2018

Innovative Workforce Housing Model: Linking Housing with Services and Removing Blight

Safe, decent, and affordable housing can play a significant role in a person’s overall well-being and help shape their future. New research shows that having an affordable place to call home has a positive impact on the resident’s health, ability to maintain a job, and their children’s…

Displaced Coal Workers Find Careers through New Energy Internships
Blog | February 06, 2018

Displaced Coal Workers Find Careers through New Energy Internships

Randall Howard just completed a new roof, switched an old large front window for a new one, and handed the homeowner the keys to her new door that actually locks. Howard is currently participating in the New Energy Internship program that he started in October 2017 and was placed at COAP, Inc…

Gratitude and Holiday Giving to Help Families in Need
Blog | December 13, 2017

Gratitude and Holiday Giving to Help Families in Need

This time of year brings the meaning of the holidays into focus. It is the time to reflect, feel and show gratitude, and enjoy traditions of the season’s best. Many celebrations and holiday meals are at the heart of home. Home is the place for gathering of family and friends, and where…

Blog | September 19, 2017

Top Three Challenges to Building a Scholar House

So what are the biggest challenges to building a Scholar House?  Rob Ellis, Kentucky Housing Corporation, has worked to develop nine Scholar Houses across Kentucky.  He knows better than most how challenging a Scholar House can be, but he also understands that the work is worth the struggle.  “…

How I Relate to Housing
Blog | August 28, 2017

How I Relate to Housing

As a kid, I was hired by my small, western Kentucky town to “weed eat” around the hundreds of tombstones in the local public cemetery. It took two weeks to trim around every single marker, which just so happened to be the exact amount of time it took for the grass to grow back and for me to…