This story originally appeared in the Sept. 22 edition of the Weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe here. Enjoy this story in two ways – read below or listen here. In July 2022, notices to vacate were posted at one of the last “very affordable” places to live in Newport, leaving residents in […]
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Former Victoria Square apartments for rent, now called Cadence of Newport
Residents of the Newport apartments formerly known as Victoria Square found out last summer that a developer had purchased the buildings and would be renovating. That meant residents would have to leave. Rents at the time cost between $650 and $710 a month. A year later, the buildings have a new paint job and a […]
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Conversations on affordable housing | 107-year-old UK Basketball lover, a few of my favorites this year
Sometimes you sit down to write a story and suffer from writer’s block, and other times you know you have put together something good. I compiled five of my favorite stories, the ones I’ve seen make the most impact on the community that I have written over the last year. Center table success story: This […]
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Affordable housing in Northern Kentucky is everyone’s problem: ‘It could happen to anyone’
This story originally appeared in the Dec. 2 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To see this story and others sooner, subscribe to the weekly newspaper here. Desiree Bradley was living in Erlanger with her two children and their father when her mother gave her an ultimatum. “She said, ‘If you don’t do something, I will […]
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Victoria Square closure sends housing vouchers to Boone
The Boone County Assisted Housing Department received five extra Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing vouchers after Campbell County’s Department of Housing failed to find affordable properties for residents in need. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s program, Veteran Affairs Supportive Housing, requires all unused vouchers to be transferred within the state. Currently, Boone County […]
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As Victoria Square residents ask for more action, Newport mayor says he will ‘take every phone call’
Judy Pappas moved to Newport’s Victoria Square Apartments in 1964 when she was 12 years old. Now, at 70, she told the Newport City Commission at Monday night’s meeting that “I thought I would die down there.” That was until she received a notice to vacate the apartment that she has called home for the […]