LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) – After 12 years of renting, Sharell Byrd and her husband, Ledarius Jackson, became first-time homeowners Friday as Lexington celebrated the construction of new affordable housing developments.
The couple, along with their four children, stood alongside Mayor Linda Gorton, Lexington Housing Authority Executive Director Austin Simms and other community leaders to mark the occasion.
Nine new homes on Shropshire Avenue
The Byrd-Jackson home is one of nine new single-family homes on Shropshire Avenue developed by the Lexington Housing Authority. Five of those homes remain available for purchase.
Since 2014, Lexington has invested money into an affordable housing fund to help create new housing opportunities in the city…