Housing

With more than 100,000 families in need of quality housing, investing in “green” home construction and retrofitting would create green jobs, improve the region’s housing stock, help low-income households save money on energy and put in place a lasting regional infrastructure for energy efficiency improvements. Homes in Central Appalachia are typically old and in disrepair, thus extremely energy inefficient. One-fifth are manufactured homes that contain little if any insulation. The reports and websites below present information about regional housing that together makes a compelling case for investing in housing repair and rebuild as an important part of a just transition.

Websites and Organizations

Reports and Resources

Koebel, C. Theodore. “Growth Patterns and Rural Housing in Appalachia” (September 2006): http://www.via.vt.edu/winter06/feature1.pdf
Mather, Mark. “Housing and Commuting Patterns in Appalachia” (January 2004): http://www.arc.gov/assets/research_reports/HousingandCommutingPatternsinAppalachia.pdf
The Next American Opportunity and Jim King, “Distressed Rural Communities” (2008): http://www.nextamericanopportunity.org/rr/drc/
Virginia Housing Development Authority, “Central Appalachia Affordable Housing Strategy” (March 2007): http://www.ncsha.org/uploads/Appalachian%20Strategy2b.pdf

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This site is produced by Kentuckians For The Commonwealth (KFTC) and Mountain Association for Community Economic Development (MACED).

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