Kentucky Housing Corporation Announces Emergency Shelter Grant Funding
June 01, 2009 – (RealEstateRama) — Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC) has announced the latest recipients, outside of Fayette and Jefferson Counties, of Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG) funds. Forty-seven projects proposed by nonprofit agencies and local governments will receive a total of $1,385,161 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to assist the homeless in Kentucky.
The ESG Program, administered throughout most of the state by KHC, is a federal program that helps convert and rehabilitate structures for use as emergency or transitional shelters, to fund the operation and service expenses of these shelters, and to develop programs that prevent homelessness.
This announcement comes days after Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced a new homelessness prevention and re-housing program called Kentucky’s Housing and Emergency Assistance Reaching The Homeless (KY HEARTH) Program. KY HEARTH will provide rental assistance and services to prevent people from becoming homeless and to help those who are experiencing homelessness.
“Having safe, affordable housing is key to a person’s health, ability to work, and overall well-being,” said Richard L. McQuady, chief executive officer of Kentucky Housing Corporation. “These two programs will help Kentuckians by providing housing and services to those who are homeless or on the brink of losing their home.”
Nearly 700 homeless individuals throughout the state were found to be without shelter during the 2009 Point-In-Time Homeless Count, even though the state had just experienced a major winter storm. In the Balance of State (the 118 counties outside of Lexington and Louisville), almost 7,000 individuals were precariously housed, meaning they were living with friends or family or living in places that do not have running water or electricity.
For more information about KHC’s ESG Program, please contact Jill House or Heather Harvey toll-free in Kentucky at (800) 633-8896 or (502) 564-7630, extensions 705 or 777, respectively; TTY 711; or e-mail jhouse (at) kyhousing (dot) org or hharvey (at) kyhousing (dot) org, respectively.
Emergency Shelter Grant Program
2009 Funding for the Balance of State
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Kentucky Housing Corporation, the state housing finance agency, was created by the 1972 General Assembly to provide affordable housing opportunities. As a self-supporting, public corporation, Kentucky Housing offers lower-than-market rate home mortgages, housing production financing, homeownership education/counseling, rental assistance, housing rehabilitation and supportive housing programs for special needs populations.
Kentucky Housing Corporation prohibits discrimination in employment based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, age, disability or veteran status.
Contact: Charla Jackson Peter
(502) 564-7630, ext. 454
