--- title: Bringing It Home | big housing ideas description: big housing ideas | This blog, Bring It Home, is a space where we can connect, share innovative thinking, and collaborate with our many private and public partners as well as clients and customers. 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[Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/summit-to-end-rural-homelessness) [![](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Regina%20at%20house.jpg?height=500&name=Regina%20at%20house.jpg)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/net-zero-houses-in-letcher-county) [motivational](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/motivational), [partners](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/partners), [Eastern Kentucky](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/eastern-kentucky), [homebuying](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/homebuying), [Appalachia](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/appalachia), [obstacles](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/obstacles), [big housing ideas](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/big-housing-ideas), [energy](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/energy), [challenges](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/challenges), [communities](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/communities), [faces of affordable housing](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/faces-of-affordable-housing), [funding](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/funding), [success story](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/success-story), [natural disasters](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/natural-disasters) ## [Net-Zero Houses in Letcher County](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/net-zero-houses-in-letcher-county) Apr 22, 2024 2:20:51 PM Learn how nonprofit HOMES, Inc. is revolutionizing affordable housing in Letcher County by building net-zero houses with solar panels, providing energy-efficient solutions for flood survivors and creating job opportunities in the region. [Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/net-zero-houses-in-letcher-county) [![](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Housing%20Needs%20-%20Housing%20Spectrum%20-%20RESULTS.png?height=500&name=Housing%20Needs%20-%20Housing%20Spectrum%20-%20RESULTS.png)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/housing-supply-gap-sign-up) [big housing ideas](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/big-housing-ideas), [challenges](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/challenges), [developers](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/developers), [housing gap](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/housing-gap) ## [Intro to Kentucky's Housing Supply Gap Analysis](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/housing-supply-gap-sign-up) Mar 21, 2024 10:30:00 AM Kentucky Housing Corporation is conducting a comprehensive housing supply gap analysis to better understand the current housing market in Kentucky. [Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/housing-supply-gap-sign-up) [![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/the-challenges-of-multifamily-housing-two-part-podcast-episode) [partners](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/partners), [big housing ideas](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/big-housing-ideas), [podcast](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/podcast), [developers](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/developers) ## [The Challenges of Multifamily Housing - Two-Part Podcast Episode](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/the-challenges-of-multifamily-housing-two-part-podcast-episode) Feb 16, 2023 8:00:00 AM The second episode of Bringing It Home explores the challenges Kentuckians are facing with multifamily housing; the universal term for any housing that has more than one unit, including apartments, duplexes, and townhomes. [Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/the-challenges-of-multifamily-housing-two-part-podcast-episode) [![](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_4361.jpg?height=500&name=IMG_4361.jpg)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/housing-development-alliance-and-homes-inc.-helping-to-rebuild-after-flooding) [Eastern Kentucky](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/eastern-kentucky), [non-profits](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/non-profits), [Appalachia](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/appalachia), [big housing ideas](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/big-housing-ideas), [challenges](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/challenges), [communities](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/communities), [faces of affordable housing](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/faces-of-affordable-housing), [U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/us-department-of-housing-and-urban-development), [natural disasters](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/natural-disasters) ## [Housing Development Alliance and HOMES, Inc. Helping to Rebuild After Flooding](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/housing-development-alliance-and-homes-inc.-helping-to-rebuild-after-flooding) Feb 8, 2023 9:23:56 AM From July 26 to 30, 2022, thunderstorms overwhelmed eastern Kentucky, destroying and damaging thousands of homes, and now two nonprofit developers are teaming up to address the housing need. [Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/housing-development-alliance-and-homes-inc.-helping-to-rebuild-after-flooding) [![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/welcome-to-bringing-it-home-khcs-new-affordable-housing-podcast) [partners](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/partners), [big housing ideas](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/big-housing-ideas), [communities](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/communities), [Western Kentucky](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/western-kentucky), [podcast](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/podcast), [developers](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/developers) ## [Welcome to Bringing It Home, KHC's New Affordable Housing Podcast](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/welcome-to-bringing-it-home-khcs-new-affordable-housing-podcast) Jan 24, 2023 8:00:00 AM Welcome to Bringing it Home with KHC, a podcast exploring the housing industry, trends, and issues facing affordable housing in Kentucky. We hope you enjoy our first episode. After listening, we hope you visit our blog. It highlights stories from around the state, projects we funded, housing initiatives, and people we have helped. It is a one-stop-shop for all things KHC. [Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/welcome-to-bringing-it-home-khcs-new-affordable-housing-podcast) [![](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Strategic+Housing+Podcast-1.png?height=500&name=Strategic+Housing+Podcast-1.png)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2019/8/13/kahc19-podcast-jonathan-kumar) [events](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/events), [speakers](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/speakers), [big housing ideas](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/big-housing-ideas), [Kentucky Affordable Housing Conference](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/kentucky-affordable-housing-conference), [giving](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/giving), [homeless](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/homeless), [archive](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/archive), [podcast](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/podcast) ## [Podcast Interview - Jonathan Kumar, Keynote at #KAHC19](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2019/8/13/kahc19-podcast-jonathan-kumar) Aug 13, 2019 8:40:08 AM Jonathan Kumar—a user experience designer by trade, and founder of several projects to solve social issues—speaks with KHC’s executive director, Edwin King, about Samaritan. [Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2019/8/13/kahc19-podcast-jonathan-kumar) [![](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Strategic+Housing+Podcast-1.png?height=500&name=Strategic+Housing+Podcast-1.png)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2019/5/21/changing-the-image-of-manufactured-housing) [innovative housing](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/innovative-housing), [big housing ideas](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/big-housing-ideas), [archive](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/archive), [podcast](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/podcast) ## [Podcast Interview - Changing the Image of Manufactured Housing—an Affordable Housing Solution](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2019/5/21/changing-the-image-of-manufactured-housing) May 21, 2019 7:55:08 AM Executive Director, Edwin King, talks with Barry Noffsinger, a leader in the manufactured housing industry with over 20 years of experience, including financial services. Together, they discuss how the image of manufactured housing is changing, along with the challenges and opportunities as an affordable housing solution. [Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2019/5/21/changing-the-image-of-manufactured-housing) [![](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Strategic+Housing+Podcast-Dec-05-2022-11-46-17-7590-AM.png?height=500&name=Strategic+Housing+Podcast-Dec-05-2022-11-46-17-7590-AM.png)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2019/1/8/strategic-housing-top-5-of-2018) [speakers](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/speakers), [big housing ideas](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/big-housing-ideas), [Kentucky Affordable Housing Conference](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/kentucky-affordable-housing-conference), [archive](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/archive), [podcast](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/podcast) ## [Strategic Housing Top 5 of 2018](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2019/1/8/strategic-housing-top-5-of-2018) Jan 8, 2019 8:00:00 AM We have selected five of the most read blog posts or listened-to podcasts on Strategic Housing. [Read More ➜](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2019/1/8/strategic-housing-top-5-of-2018) [![](https://blog.kyhousing.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Strategic+Housing+Podcast-1.png?height=500&name=Strategic+Housing+Podcast-1.png)](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2018/11/20/podcast-interview-rob-perez-dv8-kitchen) [recovery kentucky](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/recovery-kentucky), [events](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/events), [partners](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/partners), [big housing ideas](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/big-housing-ideas), [Kentucky Affordable Housing Conference](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/kentucky-affordable-housing-conference), [archive](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/archive), [podcast](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/tag/podcast) ## [Podcast Interview - Rob Perez - DV8 Kitchen](https://blog.kyhousing.org/blog/2018/11/20/podcast-interview-rob-perez-dv8-kitchen) Nov 20, 2018 1:34:17 PM Kentucky Housing Corporation's (KHC) Executive Director, Edwin King, sits down with Rob Perez, creator of DV8 (Deviate) Kitchen—a restaurant with a heart and mission that gives second chance employment to those in substance abuse recovery trying to redirect their lives, so they will “deviate” from addiction. 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