A window frame in the beginning stages of a home being built. Unfinished wall framing can be seen through the window. There is a blue hammer laying on the window ledge.
A middle-aged caucasian man in a baseball hat, blue t-shirt, and light wash blue jeans is kneeling in the grass. He is looking at the crawl space of a house. There is a deck and lawn mower behind him.

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.

A kitchen in disarray due to flooding. There is debris on the ground and a kitchen table in the middle with a red and white checkered table cloth. There is a chair laying on it's side and sunlight coming through the window.
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 55 homes, and 263 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 | 6 New Homes and 39 Rehabbed Homes

Floyd County | 61 Rehabbed Homes

Knott County | 11 New Homes and 70 Rehabbed Homes

Leslie County | 2 Rehabbed Home

Letcher County | 25 New Homes and 32 Rehabbed Homes

Magoffin County | 1 Rehabbed Home

Owsley County | 3 New Homes and 18 Rehabbed Homes

Perry County | 10 New Homes and 39 Rehabbed Homes

Wolfe County | 1 Rehabbed Home

In the pipeline:

42 Under Construction and 109 Pending

An older Caucasian woman is standing at the front entrance of her new home with her hand resting on the railing. She is wearing a pink sweater, blue jeans, and glasses.

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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
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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