What you need to know The Covington Board of Commissioners approved an issuance of $200,000 in federal funding on Tuesday to Habitat for Humanity for the construction of two, single-family affordable housing units in the city’s Botany Hills neighborhood, just north of Devou Park. The construction of these units will serve as the capstones in […]
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Local developer to purchase lots from Covington, build market-rate units
What you need to know Update: The Covington Board of Commissioners approved the development proposal on Feb. 24, 2026.–LINK nky editorial, March 3, 2026. Local developer A.M. Titan is set to buy up a handful of vacant city-owned lots in Covington’s Westside neighborhood and build 12 apartments on them after responding to a city request […]
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Habitat for Humanity wins $3 million for local affordable housing
Habitat for Humanity’s Greater Cincinnati branch has won $3 million in grant funding for affordable housing rehab and construction in both the Northern Kentucky and Cincinnati regions. The funding was granted as part of Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati’s Affordable Housing Program, which awarded a total of $51.9 million — its largest grant amount […]
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KY task force recommends easing regulation, more funding to address housing shortage
State lawmakers are recommending the General Assembly continue to ease regulations for housing developers and strongly consider funding to incentivize housing and infrastructure construction as Kentucky grapples with a significant housing shortage. A couple of lawmakers on the Kentucky Housing Task Force during a Monday meeting emphasized the urgency of the shortage as the panel […]
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Can states, and a little bit of faith, convert church land into affordable housing?
Growing up in a religious family, Florida Republican state Sen. Alexis Calatayud has seen how many church communities are no longer anchored to a single building in the way they used to be. Her small prayer groups take place over chats these days, not necessarily in person or sitting shoulder-to-shoulder in pews. With churches in […]
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Covington seeks developers for unused lots
The City of Covington announced late last week that it was inviting developers to submit development proposals for unused city-owned parcels. The requests are part of the mayor’s affordable housing initiative launched earlier this year, which seeks to inventory and meaningfully develop city-owned land throughout Covington. “Improving housing availability and affordability is one of my […]
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Covington explores 60-unit senior affordable housing complex on Patton Street
Covington has OK’d the sale of city-owned land located at 609 Patton Street for the eventual construction of roughly 60 units of affordable housing for seniors. Although the move, approved by the Covington Board of Commissioners Tuesday evening, does not guarantee the eventual construction of such a complex, it signifies the first steps in getting […]
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Covington establishes committee on affordable housing development
This week, the Covington City Commission committed to two concrete actions to address the city’s affordable housing concerns. The first is to establish a committee that will issue recommendations to the city commission on housing. The second is to instruct the city manager to identify 10 city-owned properties for sale. The proceeds will fund efforts […]
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Mayor talks affordable housing plan with Covington businesses
Businesses in Latonia got an early peek of Mayor Ron Washington’s and the city’s plan to tackle affordable housing in Covington this week. Although the issue of housing has been a recurring topic over the past couple of years, this was the first time since Washington took office that concrete interventions direct from the city […]
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$450k to help Covington rehab affordable housing properties
The City of Covington has been awarded a $450,000 forgivable loan from the federal government to rehabilitate a cluster of affordable housing properties in the Eastside neighborhood, which will include new HVAC systems, kitchen appliances, water heaters and bathtubs.