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Kentucky housing advocate on tornado recovery: “We can’t go back to the status quo”

by Amy Scott and Maria Hollenhorst

Dec 13, 2021

Even before the tornadoes destroyed more than a thousand homes, Kentucky had a shortage of affordable rentals.

A homeowner reacts to tornado damage on Dec. 12 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. “We want to make sure that people have the ability to live and rebuild,” said Adrienne Bush, executive director of the Homeless and Housing Coalition of Kentucky.

Gunnar Word/AFP via Getty Images

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