Housing Can’t Wait

Housing Can’t Wait is a grassroots initiative to address the need for immediate single-family homes for residents who lost their houses in the devastating 2022 Eastern Kentucky flooding.

Was your home or living situation in Kentucky affected by natural disasters in 2021 or 2022?

Fill out the Interest Questionnaire below to be assessed for eligibility into a CDBG-DR Housing Program.

For more information about CDBG-DR Housing Programs, please visit the Program Details page.

A young African American man is smiling with arms rested over a piece of wood. He is wearing a hard hat, sweatshirt, and gloves. There is a construction vehicle behind him.

Housing Can’t Wait partners have built 84 homes, and 301 homes have received major rehabilitation since 2022.

Housing Can’t Wait also engages with lawmakers to advocate for state appropriations to recover the flood-damaged communities.

We're making progress, but there's still a long way to go.

Breathitt County | 8 New Homes and 41 Rehabbed Homes

Floyd County | 12 New Homes and 65 Rehabbed Homes

Knott County | 13 New Homes and 84 Rehabbed Homes

Leslie County | 2 Rehabbed Homes

Letcher County | 31 New Homes and 37 Rehabbed Homes

Magoffin County | 2 Rehabbed Homes

Martin County | 1 New Home and 1 Rehabbed Home

Owsley County | 3 New Homes and 18 Rehabbed Homes

Perry County | 16 New Homes and 50 Rehabbed Homes

Wolfe County | 1 Rehabbed Home

In the pipeline:

15 Under Construction and 100+ Pending

Make a donation.

Our coalition relies on donations to continue to build housing for flood-displaced Kentucky residents. This recovery investment is developing safe, resilient residential infrastructures in the flood-impacted region.

Stories

Stories
Housing is Health
Housing is Health

Housing Can’t Wait when it affects the health and wellbeing of families impacted by flooding.

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Helping the Hunters
Helping the Hunters

When Housing Can’t Wait first met the Hunters, their belongings lay in piles on their porch and driveway.

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Boots on the Ground in Buffalo Creek
Boots on the Ground in Buffalo Creek

Housing Can’t Wait coalition members sprang into action following the 2022 flood, building a new home for one Buffalo Creek resident in just one week.

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Hope on Higher Ground
Hope on Higher Ground

Arvin and his family lost everything to the flood, but with the help of Housing Can’t Wait, they’re finding new hope in a new home.

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Choosing to Stay
Choosing to Stay

The Weavers, live in Whitesburg and are one of the families served by Housing Can’t Wait.

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From Rescue to Respite
From Rescue to Respite

George and Sherry Mullins barely survived the 2022 and were considering leaving the community before they received help from Housing Can’t Wait.

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Refuge for the Rock
Refuge for the Rock

Through Housing Can’t Wait, ASP built a new home for Shirley Holcomb, whose children say she is the rock of their family.

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Resilient and Rebuilding
Resilient and Rebuilding

ASP built a new home for Sandra Cook, an esteemed member of the Whitesburg community.

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Contact us.

Please reach out to us if you have any additional documentation to share in support of your intake, as well as any questions or concerns regarding the CDBG-DR Housing Programs or our Housing Can’t Wait Coalition.

Fahe Disaster Resilience Team

FaheDR@fahe.org