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.

Housing Opportunities:

Residents of 2021, 2022, and 2025 Flood Impacted Counties in KY

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

Once reviewed, a Fahe Disaster Resilience Team Member will reach out to you.

For more information about CDBG-DR Housing Programs, visit the Disaster Recovery page.

disaster impact is prioritized, but not required

If you are in need of immediate help in KY, please apply for FEMA assistance at disasterassistance.gov

Impacted by a disaster in WV, VA, TN, or NC in 2024 or 2025?

Complete our Needs Assessment to provide your information for future potential recovery opportunities.

Read our 2025 Multi State Disaster article for additional state resources.

Check out the Fahe Disaster FAQ Sheet for additional federal resources.

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 91 homes, and 311 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.

Our work goes beyond Disaster Recovery in Kentucky.

Learn about our advocacy priorities in your state:

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 | 15 New Homes and 87 Rehabbed Homes

Leslie County | 2 Rehabbed Homes

Letcher County | 34 New Homes and 38 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 | 18 New Homes and 55 Rehabbed Homes

Pike County | 1 Rehabbed Home

Wolfe County | 1 Rehabbed Home

2022 Flood Relief | 136 Muck Outs

2025 Flood Relief | 20 Muck Outs

In the pipeline:

13 Under Construction and 77+ Pending Rehabs & New Homes

54 Muck Outs for 2025 Flood Relief

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
2yr Flood Anniversary Events
2yr Flood Anniversary Events
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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

(859) 986-2321 select option 3