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Housing Choice Vouchers Inspections

The housing choice voucher program (HCV) is a federal program that provides rent assistance for very low-income families, the elderly, and the disabled. Most people know it simply as the Section 8, and outdated descriptor and a reference to its place in the Housing Act of 1937. 

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Eastern Kentucky One Year After the Flooding, Part 3

Eastern Kentucky One Year After the Flooding – Part 3 – KHC

The flooding of late July 2022 devastated communities in Eastern Kentucky. In this episode, we look back at the events of those days through the work being done by the teams here at Kentucky Housing…

Eastern Kentucky One Year After the Flooding, Part 2

Eastern Kentucky One Year After the Flooding – Part 2 – The Builders

The flooding of late July 2022 devastated communities in Eastern Kentucky. In this episode, we look back at the events of those days through the eyes of two affordable housing developers: Scott…

Eastern Kentucky One Year After the Flooding

Eastern Kentucky One Year After the Flooding – Part 1 – The Homeowners

The flooding of late July 2022 devastated communities in Eastern Kentucky. In this episode, we look back at the events of those days through the eyes of two flood survivors: Sherry Mullins,…

Hometown Lending

Hometown Lending

We want to wish you all a Happy Homeownership Month!

We are kicking things off with one of our award-winning lenders, Connie Lancaster from Hopkinsville, Kentucky. Connie will be joining us to speak about the state of affordable housing, and…

William and Cheyenne White - Team Eastern Kentucky Flood Relief Fund

When the flood hit eastern Kentucky in late July 2022, William and Cheyenne White were living in Emmalena, not far from Camp Nathaniel and about 10 miles west of Hindman. They had been living there, in a double-wide trailer overlooking Troublesome Creek, for four years. According to William,…

From Homebuyer to Lender

From Homebuyer to Lender

Heather Akins can still remember when her family moved into their first house. It was a modest home, but it felt like a mansion.

Seeing the pride in her parents’ and grandparents’ eyes that day left an indelible impression on Heather…

James Scott - Stonewall Terrace

James Scott was living paycheck to paycheck and staying in St. James, an affordable housing complex for working and recovering homeless veterans in Lexington. He was grateful for the place to live, but his single room occupancy unit felt like a college dorm room, not a home. “This is not where…

Homeownership 101

Homeownership 101

In celebration of June as National Homeownership Month, we asked Melissa Johnson, Kay Smith, and Krista McIver from our Single-Family Department to join us and discuss how more Kentuckians can achieve their dream of homeownership.

They outlined how prospective…

Bowling Green Habitat Reaches Milestone with 100th Home

Thursday, March 9, 2023, Habitat for Humanity of Bowling Green/Warren County (BG/WC) dedicated its 100th home, which was built in part by funds from Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC). Staff from KHC joined Governor Andy Beshear, Habitat BG/WC Executive Director Rodney Goodman, and others on…

Terri Randol - Mt. Lebanon Apartments

Terri Randol and her husband have been residents of Mt. Lebanon Senior Apartments for about two years. They moved in just before the renovation began.

“It looks a whole lot better than it did," she said. "When I first moved here, it was not that great, but once they put the new floors…

Kenny Bennett - KHC Loan

Kenny and Lisa Bennett met lender Brad Chambliss through a realtor. At the time, their finances and credit were not in a favorable position to purchase a house.

“Brad was a champ with getting that cleaned up,” Kenny said, “and getting us into our first house.”

Brad did this…