--- title: Les and Shirley Moore - People's Self-Help Housing description: Lifelong Lewis County residents Shirley and Les Moore owned a farm with about two acres just a few miles outside of Vanceburg in northeast Kentucky. When they could no longer tend such a large plot of land, they decided to downsize, finding Central Crossings apartments through a friend at their church who works for People’s Self-Help Housing, Inc., the nonprofit that built and manages the property. “It’s really handy,” said Shirley. “It’s close to the store. It’s close to our kids.” Les agreed. “It couldn’t have worked out any better than it is right here for us.” image: https://blog.kyhousing.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/image-asset-Oct-19-2022-04-00-54-71-PM.jpeg --- [Skip to Content](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/les-and-shirley-moore-peoples-self-help-housing#main-content) [![Bringing It Home](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hubfs/Logos/Bringing%20It%20Home%20Logo_Color%20-%20Horizontal%20-%20Inverted.svg) ![Bringing It Home](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hubfs/Logos/Bringing%20It%20Home%20Logo_Color%20-%20Horizontal%20-%20Inverted.svg)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/) - [Blog Posts](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog) - [Podcasts](https://blog.kyhousing.org/podcasts) - [Success Stories](https://blog.kyhousing.org/khc-success-stories) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Blog Posts](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog) - [Podcasts](https://blog.kyhousing.org/podcasts) - [Success Stories](https://blog.kyhousing.org/khc-success-stories) - [Subscribe](https://blog.kyhousing.org/subscribe) Open search Close Search [Subscribe](https://blog.kyhousing.org/subscribe) # Les and Shirley Moore - People's Self-Help Housing [Kentucky Housing Corporation](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/author/communicationskyhousing-org) Aug 23, 2022 3:00:00 PM ![Moore Family with Dave](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Success%20Stories/Moore%20Familiy%20with%20Dave.jpg?width=4835&height=2720&name=Moore%20Familiy%20with%20Dave.jpg)Lifelong Lewis County residents Shirley and Les Moore owned a farm with about two acres just a few miles outside of Vanceburg in northeast Kentucky. When they could no longer tend such a large plot of land, they decided to downsize, finding Central Crossings apartments through a friend at their church who works for People’s Self-Help Housing, Inc., the nonprofit that built and manages the property. “It’s really handy,” said Shirley. “It’s close to the store. It’s close to our kids.” Les agreed. “It couldn’t have worked out any better than it is right here for us.” [partners](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/partners) , [Eastern Kentucky](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/eastern-kentucky) , [holistic housing](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/holistic-housing) , [elderly housing](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/elderly-housing) , [success story](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/success-story) --- ## Related posts [![](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/FairHousing50Years-4.jpg?height=500&name=FairHousing50Years-4.jpg)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2018/4/18/the-fair-housing-act-makes-us-stronger-commemorating-50-years-of-the-fair-housing-act) [history](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/history), [mae street kidd](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/mae-street-kidd), [fair housing](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/fair-housing), [archive](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/archive) ## [The Fair Housing Act Makes Us Stronger: Commemorating 50 Years of the Fair Housing Act](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2018/4/18/the-fair-housing-act-makes-us-stronger-commemorating-50-years-of-the-fair-housing-act) Lifelong Lewis County residents Shirley and Les Moore owned a farm with about two acres just a few miles outside of Vanceburg in northeast Kentucky. When they could no longer tend such a large plot of land, they decided to downsize, finding Central Crossings apartments through a friend at their church who works for People’s Self-Help Housing, Inc., the nonprofit that built and manages the property. “It’s really handy,” said Shirley. “It’s close to the store. It’s close to our kids.” Les agreed. “It couldn’t have worked out any better than it is right here for us.” [Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2018/4/18/the-fair-housing-act-makes-us-stronger-commemorating-50-years-of-the-fair-housing-act) [![Blog and Podcast](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Website%20Images/Podcast%20Share%20Image.png?height=500&name=Podcast%20Share%20Image.png)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/what-is-fair-housing-why-is-it-important) [partners](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/partners), [obstacles](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/obstacles), [mortgage](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/mortgage), [fair housing](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/fair-housing), [podcast](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/podcast), [lenders](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/lenders), [rental](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/rental) ## [What is Fair Housing? 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