Advocacy
A Commonwealth whose every man, woman, and child has a safe, decent, energy-efficient, affordable place to live.
Kentucky Habitat for Humanity recently launched 2020 HOUSING VISION, a three-year, multi-partner, collaborative affordable housing initiative by housing providers working together to improve the lives of Kentuckians in need. The project was launched during a press conference and rally for affordable housing in the Kentucky State Capitol Rotunda February 5, 2018.
2020 HOUSING VISION is a call to action in Kentucky. It’s a call for ADVOCACY, COMPASSION and CONSTRUCTION of affordable housing not just for some, but for all our neighbors in need. 2020 HOUSING VISION was launched because THE NEED IS SO GREAT – one in four Kentucky families faces the threat of poverty housing. One quarter of the state’s 4.4 million residents need help. U.S. Census data indicates more than a million people – nearly 1.2 million Kentuckians – do not have access to affordable housing.
For Kentucky’s children, the reality is especially dire. While one of every five children in the United States lacks adequate resources and lives in poverty, in Kentucky, it’s one in every four. 2020 HOUSING VISION was launched by Kentucky Habitat for Humanity in collaboration with dozens of affordable housing advocates – supporters and providers – who have joined together because they know there is greater STRENGTH IN NUMBERS.
Kentucky Habitat for Humanity believes in the power of partnership. No single housing provider can eliminate poverty housing. But working together, more than has ever been accomplished before can be done.
2020 HOUSING VISION was launched in 2018 and will continue through 2020. The project partners hope to establish a sustainable MODEL OF COLLABORATIVE AND AFFORDABLE HOUSING development that can be implemented anywhere.
Frequently Asked Questions
It’s both. It’s an initiative by supporters and providers of affordable housing to create a project that will accelerate the construction of affordable housing and increase access to it for the more than one million Kentuckians in need of a safe, decent, energy-efficient and affordable place to live.
The founding project partners are Kentucky Habitat for Humanity, FAHE, Kentucky Housing Corporation, Affordable Housing Program of Lexington, CrossRoads Missions, Winterwood Property Management, Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky, CSRA, Community Ventures, Next Step Affordable Housing, New Directions Housing Corporation, Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville, Lexington Habitat for Humanity, Habitat for Humanity of Hopkins County, Kentucky Highlands Investment Corporation and AU Associates.
2020 HOUSING VISION will use two, statewide housing need assessment surveys – one at the beginning of 2018 and one at the end of 2020 – to assess impact. The surveys are by the University of Kentucky Gatton School of Economics and Business for the Kentucky Housing Corporation.
Project partners – both non-profit and for-profit housing agencies and providers – will accelerate construction of all types of affordable housing, from homeless shelters to single-family homes.
Project partners will use traditional and non-traditional methods of construction to accelerate the production and availability of affordable housing for repairs, rehabilitation and recycling of existing housing stock and the creation of new rental, single-family homes and multi-family units. Some new, more cost-effective construction methods will be used to create cargo homes and tiny house communities among other non-traditional approaches under development now.
Advisory Committee
Edwin King
Kentucky Housing Corporation
Chief Executive Officer
Donald Mullineaux
Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati
Chairman, Board of Directors
Mary Shearer
Kentucky Habitat for Humanity
Executive Director
Jim King
Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises (FAHE)
President
Holly Wiedemann
AU Associates
Founding Principal and President
Lee Colten
Kentucky Department for Energy Development and Independence
Division of Efficiency and Conservation
Steering Committee
Adrienne Bush
Homeless and Housing Coalition of KY
Executive Director
Rachel Childress
Lexington Habitat for Humanity
Chief Executive Officer
Heath Duncan
Kentucky Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity of Hopkins County and Board Secretary
Stacey Epperson
Next Step Affordable Housing
President and Founder
Lori Flanery
New Directions Housing Corporation
President and CEO
Marilyn S. Harris
Office of Housing and Community Development, Develop Louisville/Louisville Forward
Program Manager
Brian Snively
CrossRoads Missions
Help Build Hope Director
Brenda Weaver
Housing and Multi-Family: Community Ventures
Business Development: ehome America
President, Vice President
Zach Worsham
Winterwood Property Mgmt.
Principal
Lyle S. Hanna
Hanna Resource Group
President and Owner
Andrew Isaacs
CSRA
Senior Analyst
Wilma Kelley
Beattyville Housing and Development
Executive Director
Rob Locke
Habitat for Humanity of Metro Louisville
Chief Executive Officer
Tom Manning-Beavin
KY Highlands Investment Corporation
Director of Housing
Rick McQuady
Affordable Housing Program of Lexington
Manager
Mindy Shannon Phelps
Kentucky Habitat for Humanity and 2020 HOUSING VISION
Project Director
Vonda Poynter
Federation of Appalachian Housing Enterprises
Senior Vice President of Membership
Amy Smith
Kentucky Housing Corporation
Deputy Executive Director