Podcast | January 26, 2018

Podcast - Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) - Part 1

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In the first podcast from Strategic Housing, Edwin King, Kentucky Housing Corporation's (KHC) executive director, and Mark Shelburne, senior manager with Novogradac & Company, sit down and talk about the…

| January 12, 2018

Solving Elderly Housing Needs in the Appalachian Mountains through Energy Efficiency

"Ain't nothing like it, oh just ain't nothing like it!" 75-year-old Geneva Lewis repeatedly proclaimed when asked about her new home at Central Crossings in Vanceburg, Kentucky. "I just can't believe it!" Geneva continued. "I just love it! It is so quiet. At night when I go to bed I can go right…

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…

| October 30, 2017

Empowering Kentuckians to Age in Place

I talk often about the need for a holistic approach to housing; where we address other barriers that Kentuckians encounter that are related to acquiring and keeping safe housing that they can afford. Affordable housing for Kentucky’s growing senior population is an area in which we can make…

| October 12, 2017

Big Housing Ideas, Big Purpose

As I’ve said before, big problems need big ideas. I’ve enjoyed meeting partners in the Berea, Covington, and Elizabethtown areas of our beautiful state over the last few weeks during KHC’s Housing Connect, Collaborate, and Innovate Summits. We all gained from taking time away from our regular…

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.  “…

| September 13, 2017

Scholar House: Building Independence and Stability for Families

Homeless and a single parent of two boys, Devon was looking at the possibility of living out of his car. “The Scholar House program has affected my sons tremendously,” he says. “Not having structure in their life was stressful. Now they have freedom, schedules, and less stress.”

Colleen,…

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…