Housing

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is continuing to send agents to Home Depot and Walmart stores in three Kentucky cities through March to offer free rebuilding advice and information about FEMA aid following the severe storms in early December.

David Gray and his family were in their mobile home when December’s deadly tornado outbreak hit Dawson Springs.

Graves County churches are using funding collected in the wake of December’s tornado outbreak to build temporary housing for displaced tornado survivors, hoping to have their first “tiny home” occupied by early February.

The rebuilding of the Patterson’s home is the first for Homes and Hope for Kentucky, an organization of community stakeholders in Mayfield aiming to rebuild homes for 100 displaced Mayfield residents, along with making home repairs for many others.

The deadline has passed for the remaining families at a mobile home community on Dickerson Pike to move out. And displaced residents are facing more than just financial hardships as their community is split up.

Residents in several western Kentucky counties impacted by last month’s tornado outbreak could be eligible to receive trailers, RVs or manufactured homes as temporary housing through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

With the help of fellow community members, he and dozens of others may be able to rebuild without a financial burden.

Kentucky has opened up its state resort parks to house people displaced by catastrophic tornadoes over the weekend.

After some uncertainty about the future of Paducah’s warming shelter this upcoming winter, community leaders and organizations came together to open a warming shelter Thursday night at a local church.

Some residents in Ohio Valley communities are still struggling to keep their heads above water over a year into the pandemic. A main cause of concern: housing.