Bowling Green Habitat for Humanity Dedicates 100th Home
FRANKFORT, Kentucky — On Thursday, March 9, 2023, Habitat for Humanity Bowling Green/Warren County (BG/WC) dedicated its 100th home, which was built in part by funds from Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC). Staff from KHC joined Governor Andy Beshear, Habitat BG/WC Executive Director Rodney Goodman, and others on the porch to welcome homeowners Kendra Alexander and her daughter Nzuri Posey, who had lost their home in the 2021 tornado.
Kendra and Nzuri’s home is part of a ten-townhouse stretch, six of which will go to tornado survivors, along Regis O’Connor Boulevard, a street of Habitat BG/WC-built homes being developed on the city’s north side. At the ceremony, Gov. Beshear awarded a $100,000 check from the nonprofit assistance fund to go toward the ongoing construction.
After the dedication, Nzuri picked out her bedroom and described exactly how she was going to arrange her belongings. She told Gov. Beshear that on a scale from 1 to 10, she was 1,000 times excited to have a new home.
According to Goodman, 1,100 volunteers completed over 17,000 hours of service for Habitat BG/WC in 2022. Among those volunteers were KHC staff members, including Keli Reynolds, assistant director of HCA Single-Family Programs, who spoke at the dedication. They helped with the construction of Kendra and Nzuri’s home during a week-long “blitz build” in July 2022.
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 down payment assistance loans to assist first-time homebuyers obtain home mortgages, housing production financing, homeownership education/counseling, rental assistance, housing rehabilitation, and supportive housing programs for special needs populations.
