Robert Tolliver Sr. - Residences at Courtyard Crossing

Robert Tolliver lived in a two-family house in Latonia for 16 years. He was happy there. His place had a basement for storage and a driveway where he parked his camper. When the landlord doubled the rent from $600 to $1200, though, he had to look for a new home. He chose the Residences at…

Welcome to Bringing It Home, KHC's New Affordable Housing Podcast

<a href="https://rss.com/podcasts/bringing-it-home/787635">Welcome to Bringing It Home, KHC's New Affordable Housing Podcast</a>

Welcome to Bringing it Home with KHC, a podcast exploring the housing industry, trends, and issues facing affordable…

Habitat for Humanity Helping Bowling Green Rebuild After Tornado

In early December 2021, Chris and Kaylah and their two-year-old son were asleep in the house they rented in the historic Magnolia District of Bowling Green when they were awakened by a boom. "One of the loudest booms we have ever heard," Chris remembered. Hours earlier they had gone to bed…

Jason Hicks - The Healing Place

By the time Jason came to the Healing Place, he had damaged most of his close personal relationships. Now, a year later, having worked hard on recovery, he has earned a role as a peer mentor in the program and earned the opportunity to reconnect with his family. “Today, I get to help…

KHC's Disaster Response Housing Dashboard

In December 2021, a volatile storm system that formed in central Arkansas traveled due northeast into western Kentucky, introducing several tornadoes along the way, including one that traveled over 200 miles. In Mayfield, a tornado leveled a candle factory before passing directly through the…

Karen Raber - Habitat for Humanity

In May 2009, Karen Raber returned to Henderson, Kentucky, where she was born and raised. “I had no idea where life was going to take me,” she said, but she was sure about one thing: she would never be able to afford a house. That all changed when she began working for Habitat for Humanity, where…

Tallia Cuttino - Scholar House

Tallia Cuttino came to the Scholar House at Kit Carson Commons by a circuitous route. She joined the army reserves as a junior in high school; then she tried college for a few semesters, worked at Fort Knox in human resources, and temporarily moved to St. Louis to be a flight attendant. Back in…

Dwan Warren-Hooten - One Parent Scholar House

Back in 2014, before she was a resident at One Parent Scholar House (OPSH), Dwan Warren-Hooten was a newly divorced single parent raising two kids and working as an assistant teacher at the OPSH Child Development Center (CDC). Higher education was not on her mind.

“At that time, I was…