Paducah Cooperative Ministry announced plans this week to create a new 50-bed emergency shelter, which would be the first permanent emergency shelter in the far western Kentucky city.

Even as the state legislature looks for ways to increase affordable housing in Kentucky, a GOP state lawmaker is pushing a bill to add another hurdle to build multi-family housing and continue a moratorium on zoning code changes in Louisville.

Students from two of Murray State University’s residential halls were evacuated earlier this week after what campus officials called an “unprecedented” weather event left those dormitories without utility services.

Groups across Kentucky are taking part this week in an annual effort to estimate the number of people currently experiencing homelessness in the Commonwealth.

Some Kentucky cities have “white flag” operations that activate at certain temperature thresholds, often 32 degrees Fahrenheit, when certain buildings are made available to the public for warming and shelter space is expanded. But in rural counties the warming options may be limited.

In a study published earlier this year, the Kentucky Housing Corporation identified a need for 13% more units in Christian County than is currently available to meet the community’s needs. This translates to 3,430 rental and for-sale housing options – a number the organization projects will increase by nearly 1,000 units by 2029.

Challenges are growing for people experiencing homelessness in Kentucky, but a group of housing advocates is offering a different path forward.

Kentuckians living in rural communities are more likely to face a bad outcome during the eviction process compared to their urban counterparts, according to a new study.

Affordable housing developers say there's a critical need to rapidly increase the housing stock, suggesting a state tax credit for low income housing.

Legislators on Kentucky’s Housing Task Force have heard the same refrain time and again over the past few months: The Commonwealth needs more places to live, especially more affordable and middle-income housing. But, Monday’s meeting drew attention to challenges that some officials say prevent those options from being built.