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[Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2018/1/26/tsur5atcofvlookj8exu041usyzbey) [![](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Geneva%2c+Central+Crossings-1.jpg?height=500&name=Geneva%2c+Central+Crossings-1.jpg)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2018/1/11/solving-elderly-housing-needs-in-the-appalachian-mountains-through-energy-efficiency) [partners](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/partners), [challenges](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/challenges), [elderly housing](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/elderly-housing), [archive](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/archive) ## [Solving Elderly Housing Needs in the Appalachian Mountains through Energy Efficiency](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2018/1/11/solving-elderly-housing-needs-in-the-appalachian-mountains-through-energy-efficiency) Jan 12, 2018 11:32:00 AM "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. [Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2018/1/11/solving-elderly-housing-needs-in-the-appalachian-mountains-through-energy-efficiency) [![](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/iStock-534805675-3.jpg?height=500&name=iStock-534805675-3.jpg)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/12/13/gratitude-and-holiday-giving-to-help-families-in-need) [non-profits](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/non-profits), [challenges](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/challenges), [giving](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/giving), [archive](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/archive) ## [Gratitude and Holiday Giving to Help Families in Need](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/12/13/gratitude-and-holiday-giving-to-help-families-in-need) Dec 13, 2017 11:55:05 AM 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. [Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/12/13/gratitude-and-holiday-giving-to-help-families-in-need) [![](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/ElderlyHousing-Nazareth3-3.jpg?height=500&name=ElderlyHousing-Nazareth3-3.jpg)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/10/30/empowering-kentuckians-to-age-in-place) [challenges](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/challenges), [elderly housing](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/elderly-housing), [faces of affordable housing](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/faces-of-affordable-housing), [national](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/national), [archive](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/archive) ## [Empowering Kentuckians to Age in Place](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/10/30/empowering-kentuckians-to-age-in-place) Oct 30, 2017 12:44:16 PM Affordable housing for Kentucky’s growing senior population is an area in which we can make great strides towards tackling barriers for a specific part of our population. [Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/10/30/empowering-kentuckians-to-age-in-place) [![](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/2017+Housing+CCI+Summit+-+All+Attendee+Map-1.jpg?height=500&name=2017+Housing+CCI+Summit+-+All+Attendee+Map-1.jpg)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/10/12/big-housing-ideas-big-purpose) [events](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/events), [big housing ideas](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/big-housing-ideas), [archive](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/archive) ## [Big Housing Ideas, Big Purpose](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/10/12/big-housing-ideas-big-purpose) Oct 12, 2017 5:19:10 PM The 2017 Housing CCI Summits are thoughtfully designed and purposeful to mix up and connect thought leaders from varied housing and service backgrounds and from across Kentucky and other surrounding states. [Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/10/12/big-housing-ideas-big-purpose) [![](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Lincoln-Grant-Opening-3.jpg?height=500&name=Lincoln-Grant-Opening-3.jpg)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/9/19/top-three-challenges-to-building-a-scholar-house) [challenges](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/challenges), [archive](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/archive), [Scholar House](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/scholar-house) ## [Top Three Challenges to Building a Scholar House](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/9/19/top-three-challenges-to-building-a-scholar-house) Sep 19, 2017 8:38:47 AM 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 [Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/9/19/top-three-challenges-to-building-a-scholar-house) [![](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Scholar_House-Breondra_with_son-3.jpeg?height=500&name=Scholar_House-Breondra_with_son-3.jpeg)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/9/19/scholar-house-building-independence-and-stability-for-families) [faces of affordable housing](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/faces-of-affordable-housing), [archive](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/archive), [Scholar House](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/scholar-house) ## [Scholar House: Building Independence and Stability for Families](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/9/19/scholar-house-building-independence-and-stability-for-families) Sep 13, 2017 11:15:00 AM Scholar House is a self-sufficiency program, based on the adult student’s income, that provides housing assistance for those who are full-time students in a post-secondary educational institution. [Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/9/19/scholar-house-building-independence-and-stability-for-families) [![](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Simply-Home_Mosaic-3.jpg?height=500&name=Simply-Home_Mosaic-3.jpg)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/8/30/how-i-relate-to-housing) [faces of affordable housing](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/faces-of-affordable-housing), [archive](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/archive) ## [How I Relate to Housing](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/8/30/how-i-relate-to-housing) Aug 28, 2017 12:05:00 PM How I Relate to Housing from Edwin King [Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/8/30/how-i-relate-to-housing) [![](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Edwin+King+-+Headshot+-+Flag.jpg?height=500&name=Edwin+King+-+Headshot+-+Flag.jpg)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/8/21/edwin-king-speaks-with-wkms-913-about-khc) [communities](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/communities), [archive](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/archive), [Western Kentucky](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/western-kentucky) ## [Edwin King Speaks with WKMS 91.3 about KHC](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/8/21/edwin-king-speaks-with-wkms-913-about-khc) Aug 21, 2017 3:50:51 PM Executive Director, Edwin King, spoke with Murray State's National Public Radio station, WKMS, about housing investments in Kentucky, especially in the western part of the state. [Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/8/21/edwin-king-speaks-with-wkms-913-about-khc) [![](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Door+Collage+-+2015-16+-+Overlay-1.jpg?height=500&name=Door+Collage+-+2015-16+-+Overlay-1.jpg)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/8/21/welcome) [big housing ideas](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/big-housing-ideas), [national](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/national), [archive](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/archive) ## [Welcome: Learning the “Why”](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2017/8/21/welcome) Aug 21, 2017 8:00:00 AM To be successful in any job, meaning and purpose are crucial. When we work toward a mission greater than ourselves, we become greater at achieving our mission. 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