Strategic Housing

Plenary Speaker for #KAHC19

Plenary Speaker for #KAHC19

Plenary Speaker for #KAHC19

In this podcast, “The Housing Industry and Federal Housing Finance Reform” KHC’s Executive Director, Edwin King, talks with the executive director of the National Council of State Housing Agencies, Stockton Williams, to discuss insights on housing finance reform and the recently issued IRS guidance for projects that provide homes to at-risk populations.

In this podcast, Executive Director, Edwin King, talks with Barry Noffsinger, a leader in the manufactured housing industry with over 20 years of experience, including financial services. Together, they discuss how the image of manufactured housing is changing, along with the challenges and opportunities as an affordable housing solution.

In this podcast, “Partnerships for Purpose and Impact” KHC’s Executive Director, Edwin King, talks with executive director of the Tennessee Housing Development Agency, Ralph Perrey, to discuss how these two similar state housing finance agencies, with a shared border, Fort Campbell military base, are partnering together to meet unique needs and talk about a Nashville housing model that will serve veterans through a unique partnership with Operation Stand Down Tennessee and others.

In this podcast, “KHC’s New QAP Innovation Pool and Innovative Project Awards” Executive Director, Edwin King, talks with Kentucky Housing Corporation’s Jeremy Ratliff, general counsel and deputy executive director overseeing Legal Services and Compliance and Tracy Thurston, managing director of Multifamily Programs and Asset Management, talk about improvements to the Qualified Allocation Plan and the very first Innovation Pool and the funding awards for four new, exciting, and replicable projects that will meet unique needs.

In this podcast, “Insight and Building on Success with KHC’s Leadership,” Executive Director, Edwin King, talks with Kentucky Housing Corporation’s Board Chair, William E. Summers, V., who has served as Chair since August 2008, about coming through the housing crisis, growing through change and innovation, and addressing housing needs for growing populations.

In this podcast, Kentucky Housing Corporation's (KHC) Executive Director, Edwin King, sits down with Ryan Quarles—who has served as the Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture for the Commonwealth of Kentucky since 2015. Under Commissioner Quarles leadership, several new, innovative programs have been developed or expanded, including initiatives to combat hunger and connect Kentucky farmers to new markets, and expanding the Homegrown By Heroes program, which was launched by Kentucky Department of Agriculture in 2013, to support Kentucky Proud for home-grown products and veteran farmers.for more information about the Kentucky Hunger Initiative, please visit their website at www.kyagr.com/hunger/#Goals.

In this podcast, Kentucky Housing Corporation's (KHC) Executive Director, Edwin King, sits down with Rob Perez, creator of DV8 (Deviate) Kitchen—a restaurant with a heart and mission that gives second chance employment to those in substance abuse recovery trying to redirect their lives, so they will “deviate” from addiction. This model of opportunity and accountability breaks barriers of poverty and empowers employees to learn the trade of baking to live self-sufficiently. This Lexington, Kentucky model is receiving national attention because of its life changing food.

In this podcast, Kentucky Housing Corporation's (KHC) Executive Director, Edwin King, sits down with housing partner, Jim King, who serves as the executive director of Fahe, which is an organization leading the mission to eliminate persistent poverty in Appalachia. Together, they to talk about poverty, barriers, opportunities, and strategies for individuals and families through empowerment and programs to meet very unique housing needs in Eastern Kentucky and the Appalachian Region.

In part two podcast about the K-Count of Kentucky’s homeless population, Kentucky Housing Corporation's (KHC) Executive Director, Edwin King, sits down with Caleb Rose who currently serves as the housing and outreach coordinator for the Pennyroyal Veteran’s Center in Hopkinsville, Kentucky to talk about his experience in working with veterans who need help, hope, and housing.

In part one of two special K-Count podcasts, Kentucky Housing Corporation's (KHC) Executive Director, Edwin King, sits down with Beverly Isom, who currently serves as the homeless services manager at the Kentucky Communities Economic Opportunity Council (KCEOC) Community Action Partnership, to talk about her experience and perspective in working directly with individuals and families who are homeless or at-risk, and provides community support programs.More information about the KCEOC can be found at www.povertyisreal.org.

Kentucky Housing Corporation's Executive Director, Edwin King, sits down with Jacob Tamme, who is a former American football tight end and advocate of homes for wounded U.S. veterans who will be a keynote speaker during our 2018 Kentucky Affordable Housing Conference—The Power of Housing is Now—on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 21 and 22, in Lexington, Kentucky. Together,Tamme and his wife Allison co-founded the Swings for Soldiers Classic in 2010. Each year, they are joined by friends, family, and many volunteers to help produce an amazing event that benefits a great organization - Homes for Our Troops. In eight years, they have raised over $800,000 for the charity.

Kentucky Housing Corporation's Executive Director, Edwin King, sits down with Cara Brookins. She is best known as the mom who built her own house using YouTube tutorials. She has been entertaining, educating, and inspiring audiences with her keynotes and presentations since 2004, and will be a plenary speaker during our 2018 Kentucky Affordable Housing Conference—The Power of Housing is Now—on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 21 and 22, in Lexington, Kentucky.Cara is the author of eight books, including "Rise, How a House Built a Family", which tells the story of building her 3,500 square foot house with the help of her four children by watching YouTube tutorials and googling things like foundation work, plumbing, and gas lines. News of Cara's story went viral in more than 65 countries and was viewed a billion times. Rise, has now been optioned to become a major motion picture. Inspiring audiences to build bigger lives remains her greatest passion.

Kentucky Housing Corporation's Executive Director, Edwin King, sits down with Heather French Henry, who currently serves as the deputy commissioner of the Kentucky Department of Veterans Affairs (KDVA), to talk about services available to veterans and addressing those who who find themselves homeless.

entucky Housing Corporation's Executive Director, Edwin King, sits down with Ron Georgette, who currently is the founder of Operation Stand Down Kentucky (OSDKY), to talk about services available to veterans and what OSDKY offers those vulnerable veterans (i.e. those struggling with mental health, drugs and alcohol; and/or who are physically incapacitated).

Kentucky Housing Corporation's Executive Director, Edwin King, sits down with Sam Glenn, who is an award-winning, motivational speaker, storyteller, author, and performance artist who will be our opening keynote speaker during our 2018 Kentucky Affordable Housing Conference—The Power of Housing is Now—on Tuesday and Wednesday, August 21 and 22, in Lexington, Kentucky. As a speaker, Sam delivers topics on managing change, motivation, leadership, customer service, teamwork, workplace wellness, and attitude, among other topics that are highly motivational and very relevant in today’s world and changing markets.

Kentucky Housing Corporation's Executive Director, Edwin King, sits down with the Mike Townsend, who serves as program coordinator for the Recovery Kentucky program, for an in-depth conversation about the impacts of the program that is designed to help Kentuckians recover from substance abuse, help them gain control of their lives and eventually reside in permanent housing, thus reducing the state’s drug problem which often leads to chronic homelessness. This podcast also pays tribute to the late Don Ball who was one of the most influential, humble, kind, and compassionate friends to affordable housing with his legacy program, Recovery Kentucky, becoming a national model.

KHC’s Executive Director, Edwin King, sits down with the newly named executive director for the National Council of State Housing Agencies (NCSHA), Stockton Williams, for an in-depth conversation about Stockton’s vision to lead this national agency in the arena of affordable housing, when he takes the helm in April of 2018.

This podcast is a continuation from the first, featuring Edwin King, Kentucky Housing Corporation's (KHC) executive director, and Mark Shelburne, senior manager with Novogradac & Company. Both continue to discuss the importance of the Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) to Kentucky and changes KHC is making to improve the process and reduce red tape.

In the first podcast from Strategic Housing, Edwin King, KHC’s executive director, and Mark Shelburne, senior manager with Novogradac & Company, sit down and talk about the importance of the Qualified Allocation Plan (QAP) to Kentucky and changes Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC) is making to improve the process and reduce red tape.Novagradac & Company is nationally recognized for their expertise with the:*Low Income Housing Tax Credit program, consulting on those transactions, and guiding clients through business issues of the tax credit program.*They also provide services in accounting, transactions and tax consulting, investor services and consulting, valuation and appraisals, compliance and more.Mark consults with state agencies, local governments, financial institutions, and developers on topics including allocation policy, supportive housing, IRS compliance, program innovation, and fair housing.