by honasoma | Nov 16, 2021 | Stories
James is a twenty-three year old student at Bluegrass Community & Technical School (BCTC). He’s also employed part-time at Star Manufacturing Inc. here in Lexington. What initially started out as a temporary summer internship has now grown into a contracted...
by honasoma | Nov 10, 2021 | Stories
Scott was born in West Virginia but calls Morgan County, eastern Kentucky home. He grew up on a 450 acre farm there and is a farmer himself by trade. They had beef cattle and grew thousands of pounds of tobacco and corn. When there weren’t crops to harvest or cattle...
by honasoma | Nov 10, 2021 | Stories
Thomas is originally from Springfield, Ohio, but moved to Harrodsburg, Kentucky when an acquaintance of his told him he’d have a job and a house lined up for him on his arrival. When he arrived, however, he found out that this job did not exist and neither did the...
by honasoma | Sep 22, 2021 | Stories
Homelessness is first and foremost a housing problem. Lex End Homelessness (LEH) believes that housing is the solution to ending and preventing homelessness. To achieve this, LEH and its Continuum of Care partners take a “Housing First” approach–which is...
by honasoma | Sep 20, 2021 | Stories
Paul McIntosh is about to be evicted from his apartment, even though he has never been late on rent. This is utterly devastating news for Paul because he’s experienced homelessness in the past. He’s unsure how he’ll manage his eviction given his mental and physical...
by honasoma | Sep 10, 2021 | Stories
The Economics of Homelessness Everyone deserves to be housed. Yet, the skyrocketing housing costs, stagnant wages, and barriers to medical services are some of the reasons that hundreds of people in our community are housing insecure. There is a ripple effect in...
