The videos below give an overview of the Housing & Neighborhoods Element of the comprehensive plan and a discussion panel and public forum on housing held on September 19, 2022. A link to the plan element and other resources is provided near the bottom of this page.
This video contains a brief summary of housing challenges in our community and an overview of the goal and objectives found in the Housing & Neighborhood Element of our comprehensive plan.
This video is a recording of the Focus 2030 Comprehensive Plan Session 8 Housing Forum as part of the 2022 update. It contains a discussion on various housing challenges our community is facing.
Brent Childers – city Neighborhood & Community Services Director
Rodney Goodman – Executive Director for Habitat for Humanity
Gave Weaver – First Vice President of the Builders Association of South Central Kentucky
Angi Cline – President of the Realtors Association of Southern Kentucky
What do you think is our biggest housing challenge?
What is the biggest barrier to increasing our housing supply and affordable housing supply?
What is something we can do to try and keep housing costs down?
Please email us at planninginfo@bgky.org with a subject of “Session 8” to submit a question or make a comment specific to Session 8.
FOCUS 2030 Housing & Neighborhood Element
Bowling Green Housing Needs Assessment
Planning Magazine Article on Housing
2020 Census – Warren County, KY
Kentucky State Data Center University of Louisville
National Association of Homebuilders – Housing Economics
National Low Income Housing Coalition – Out of Reach 2021
National Association of Realtors – On Common Ground Winter 2019: The Evolving Form of Housing
Barron’s Magazine – Millennials Will Drive Home Prices Up for Years to Come