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Housing official reports progress on Perry County flood recovery and Skyview Estates
Summary
A housing official, Scott, told the Perry County fiscal court the regional flood recovery effort has repaired or built more than 150 homes and that Skyview Estates — a 100-site high-ground project — has occupied model homes and dozens of lots awarded to nonprofit builders.
Scott, a guest housing presenter, told the Perry County fiscal court the region has repaired 114 homes since the floods, 59 of them in Perry County, and built 44 new homes, 27 in Perry County. "So, altogether we served 160 households, 88 of those were in Perry County," he said. He said about $12,500,000 of recovery work has been carried out regionally since the flood and that 30 recovery homes are currently under construction.
Skyview Estates is the main high-ground project for Perry County, Scott said, and the site has roughly 100 lots. "The Commonwealth donated 5 of those to HTA and some Team Kentucky money so we could build model homes," he said, adding that those five model homes are complete and occupied by flood survivors. Scott said the state's Notice of Funding Availability awarded lots to multiple nonprofit builders: HDA was awarded 32 lots, Frontier Housing 8 lots and Family Scholar 8 lots.
Scott described the construction approach as largely modular and said Frontier has started a modular plant in Martin County. He warned that utilities and loan closings could affect move-in timing but expressed a near-term expectation: "If not by Christmas, then shortly into 2026, we'll have additional families moving in." He also said the state recently transferred 13 additional lots and foundations were being poured.
On how households will be selected, Scott said FAHE is managing case work: interested renters or buyers submit applications, FAHE determines eligibility and shares available units; applicants rank preferences and FAHE coordinates assignments. He noted priority is given to flood-impacted households but that "you do not have to be a flood survivor to live at Skyview" if you meet income and eligibility requirements.
Scott also described two potential additional projects the county and partners are exploring: redevelopment of the old Chavis school site (about five homeownership units) and a possible larger project on property outside Lendly that might mix rental and homeownership units.
The presentation closed with Scott advising residents interested in Skyview to complete an interest form at housingcantwait.org (site reported temporarily down for a cloud outage) or to contact HDA and ask for Zoey for assistance. The county judge and magistrates thanked Scott and said the court would distribute the CDBG-DR eligibility guidance to magistrates.
The court did not take any formal action on the Skyview project during the meeting; Scott’s update concluded with staff follow-up and continued coordination with state and nonprofit partners.
