In Northern Kentucky, thousands of people can barely afford $300 a month for rent. Wealthier residents can’t find the bigger homes they want. Most people in the area need small rentals, which are also in short supply.
There’s a housing shortage for all of them, and community leaders want to hear from you about it. Three meetings are scheduled.
The data was collected for a housing report released last year by the Northern Kentucky Area Development District , part of a statewide network of county planning and development organizations. The report has a massive amount of data from all eight Kentucky counties in the area: Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen and Pendleton.
The report said Boone, Kenton and Campbell counties are short about 65,000 affordable and income-aligned housing units.
With expected growth over the next 10 years, an additional 6,054 new homes need to be built in the three counties by the end of 2028 just to maintain where the housing shortage currently stands.