Kentucky Housing Corporation’s (KHC) provides rental assistance directly to applicants through the Housing Choice Voucher (HCV) program, also known as Section 8. This provides a voucher that moves with the recipient to different rental units that accept it.
Applications are not currently available, and we do not have an estimate for when the list will reopen. If you are looking for rental assistance, please check our other specialized programs to see if you qualify.
The HCV program does not provide immediate or emergency assistance for housing, the average wait time for the program could be three to five years. If you need immediate assistance, please visit our Get Help page for a list of available resources.
Counties Served by KHC
While KHC provides the HCV program for much of the state, several cities and counties -Louisville and Lexington, in particular - have their own public housing agencies that administer the program locally. For a list of counties that KHC serves, please see the two options below:
Counties KHC Serves*
- Allen
- Anderson
- Ballard
- Barren
- Bath
- Bracken
- Breathitt
- Breckinridge
- Bullitt
- Butler
- Caldwell
- Calloway
- Carlisle
- Carroll
- Carter
- Christian**
- Clark
- Clay
- Crittenden
- Daviess**
- Edmonson
- Elliott
- Estill
- Fleming
- Fulton
- Gallatin
- Garrard
- Grant
- Grayson
- Hancock
- Hardin
- Hart
- Henry
- Hickman
- Hopkins**
- Jackson
- Jessamine
- Knott
- Larue
- Lawrence
- Lee
- Leslie
- Letcher
- Lewis
- Lincoln
- Livingston
- Logan
- Lyon
- Magoffin
- Marion**
- Marshall
- Martin
- Mason**
- McCreary
- McLean
- Meade
- Menifee
- Mercer
- Metcalfe
- Monroe
- Montgomery
- Morgan
- Muhlenberg
- Nicholas
- Ohio
- Oldham
- Owen
- Owsley
- Perry
- Powell
- Pulaski
- Robertson
- Rockcastle
- Rowan
- Russell
- Shelby
- Simpson
- Spencer
- Todd
- Trigg
- Trimble
- Union
- Warren**
- Wayne
- Webster
- Wolfe
- Woodford
**Counties KHC serves but not in city limits.
*KHC allows special vouchers (for example, FUP and Mainstream) to be used in any Kentucky county except Fayette and Jefferson.
Counties KHC Does Not Serve
- Adair
- Bell
- Boone
- Bourbon
- Boyd
- Boyle
- Campbell
- Casey
- Clinton
- Cumberland
- Fayette
- Floyd
- Franklin
- Graves
- Green
- Greenup
- Harlan
- Harrison
- Henderson
- Jefferson
- Johnson
- Kenton
- Knox
- Laurel
- Madison
- McCracken
- Nelson
- Pendleton
- Pike
- Scott
- Taylor
- Washington
- Whitley
KHC allows special vouchers (FUP, Mainstream EHVs) to be utilized in any KY county except Fayette and Jefferson.
- To apply for vouchers in Lexington, please visit the Lexington Housing Authority website.
- To apply for vouchers in Louisville, please visit the Louisville Metro Housing Authority website.
How To Apply Once the List Opens
When KHC’s Tenant Assistance Programs (TAP) team opens the HCV waiting list, official announcements will be posted in the following places:
- Right here on www.kyhousing.org.
- On KHC’s official Facebook and Twitter pages.
- Via eGram to all KHC partners.