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Epperson comes before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing. Senate bill 1320, introduced by Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), would provide up to $7,500 in rebates for an Energy Star-qualified manufactured home for a low-income household. Read more Published 03-09-2010 New Browser Search Toolbar helps Frontier Housing Every time you search or buy online at a participating store Frontier Housing receives a percentage. Read more Published 02-23-2010 New Alliance Promotes Clean, Affordable Energy Solutions. Kentucky Sustainable Energy Alliance Read more* Published 02-17-2010 Frontier Housing cited as example for community and economic development by UNC, Chapel Hill, NC. Frontier Housing's rental unit program and new "Manufactured Housing Done Right!™" initiatives were cited in the article "Ensuring quality and affordable rural housing" at the University of North Carolina School of Government. Read more Published 02-12-2010 Job position opening - Controller - filled - Thank you. Published 02-12-2010 Epperson speaking at the NeighborWorks® Training Institute. Investing for Change: Leveraging Assets in Rural Communities & Small Cities. March 3, 2010, New Orleans, LA. Read more Published 01-28-2010 New opportunities create leadership changes at Frontier. Frank Olson, Board Chairperson for Frontier Housing, is pleased to announce an evolution in the leadership of Frontier for 2010. Stacey Epperson, President and CEO, will be continuing her role with the Board as President, while Sherry L. Farley, current Vice President & CFO will become Acting CEO of Frontier Housing. Read more* Published 01-26-2010 Make Financial Fitness a Goal for the New Year. Frontier Housing now offers their homebuyer education course online. eHomeAmerica®, www.ehomeamerica.org. Read more* Published 01-25-2010 Using the Homebuyer Tax Credit to replace Mobile Homes with Manufactured Homes. Promoting Quality, Affordability & Energy Efficiency Webinar: January 27, 2010 3:00 – 4:30 p.m. EST Click here to register: http://cfed.org/r/680/8902/0 Read more
Kentucky Housing Corporation Announces funding for Repair Affair Program. The program will provide $197,000 to 13 agencies to help meet the home repair needs of low-income Kentuckians. Approximately 195 families across the state will receive assistance through this program. Read more Published 01-08-2010 April "Repair Affair" deadline Jan. 15. Homeowners interested in applying for the second-annual Morehead-Rowan County Repair Affair now have until Friday, Jan. 15, at 4:30 p.m. to submit their applications for repairs. Read more Published 01-08-2010 Epperson to speak at the 2010 National Interagency Community Reinvestment Conference. Read more* Published 01-04-2010 Frontier Housing Receives $150,000 American Dreams Grant for Special Needs Housing. Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati awarded Kentucky Bank, Paris, Ky., $150,000, partnering with Frontier Housing, to provide first-time homeownership opportunities to three special needs households. Read more Published 12-22-2009 Stacey Epperson, CEO of Frontier Housing in Morehead, Kentucky, is the I'M HOME Innovator-in-Residence, one of four innovators-in-residence at CFED. Her innovation is Manufactured Housing Done Right!, Frontier’s new social enterprise that will serve as an aggregator between local nonprofits and the manufacturer to secure volume discounts and ensure product quality. Read more Published 12-8-2009 NeighborWorks® publishes article on Frontier and Manufactured Housing Done Right!™ This report is a case study of a scalable replacement program for substandard housing, particularly pre-1976 mobile homes, developed by Frontier Housing, a member of the NeighborWorks® Network based in Morehead, Kentucky. Frontier Housing's Manufactured Housing Done Right!™ model offers a real opportunity to improve living conditions, reduce energy consumption and protect the environment. Decades of debate have not found a more cost-effective alternative for providing single family homeownership for low-income people living in the vast rural areas of the country. Read more Published 11-13-2009 Golfers Scramble for Affordable Housing at Eagle Trace. Frontier Housing hosted the 1st Annual Friends of Frontier Golf Scramble on Friday, October 2nd at Eagle Trace Golf Course in Morehead. Over 80 golfers and volunteers from Kentucky, Indiana, Georgia, Virginia, and Tennessee braved the rainy weather to support affordable housing solutions in eastern Kentucky. Read more Photo Gallery* Donors list* Published 11-08-2009 Congratulations to FAHE on winning the Wachovia NEXT Award for Opportunity Finance. We're so pleased to see our sister organization recognized with this prominent award. Read more Published 10-22-2009 Check out our free webinar that describes Manufactured Housing Done Right! To access our webinar, click here for the Power Point Presentation and here for the accompanying audio. Published 09-18-2009 Celebrating our new "Green" homes. Incorporating the latest in green building practices, these homes are highly energy efficient and environmentally friendly. Both homes were designed and constructed in accordance with “Green Build KY” Guidelines. Story Details* Click here* for a map and directions to the Community at Edgewood. Published 2009-9-14 Josh Trent – Frontier’s Communities and Design Division Manager, participates in FAHE’s Green Nuts and Bolts Workshop.  Josh
joined 36 attendees in Wytheville, Virginia for FAHE’s Green Nuts and
Bolts Workshop. He shared Frontier’s experience completing its first Green
Home built to the new NAHB Bronze level standard. Community Housing
Partners and the Community Design Studio shared their expertise along with
presentations from newcomers to Green Building. We congratulate our FAHE
friends - Eastern Eight, completing their Earth Craft, Green Subdivision
in Johnson City, and Peoples Self Help Housing completing two new NAHB KY
Green Homes with solar in Tollesboro. Published 2009-9-13 Epperson explains why now is a great time to buy a home - interview on Morehead State University Radio. Stacey Epperson explains why now is a great time to buy a new home for first-time homebuyers and others seeking a home. She also explains the process of buying a home in this economy and Frontier's energy efficient, "Green" homes. Play interview(mp3) Published 2009-8-26 Friends of Frontier 1st Annual Golf Scramble Friday, Oct 2, 2009  We
invite you to join us for this event where golf players of all skill
levels can enjoy themselves while raising money for a very good cause.
This event will generate funding to support Frontier’s work—all while
having a good time!Friday, October 2, 2009
Registration Form & Brochure:
download* Registration begins at 8:00 a.m. Awards and Prizes: FRONTIER’S MISSION If you are unable to join us, but would like to contribute to Frontier,
please make your tax-deductible donation to: Published 2009-8-6 Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation grant to support innovative housing solutions. Frontier Housing announced today that they will receive a grant from the Mary Reynolds Babcock Foundation in the amount of $75,000 that will assist them in increasing affordable housing services in their local service area and allow Frontier to extend their energy-efficient, high-quality manufactured housing program throughout the Southeastern US by partnering with other nonprofits. In addition, Frontier will launch
Green Solutions, a new rehabilitation and replacement housing program.
Green Solutions focuses on energy-efficiency and utilizing environmentally
friendly materials and techniques. Frontier Announces New Grant Funds Available to Residents of Morgan County. Frontier Housing announced today that they will receive a HUD Rural Housing and Economic Development grant in the amount of $300,000 to serve families in Morgan County, Kentucky. This grant will make it possible for Frontier to provide secure low interest rate loans for more families in Morgan County. This grant creates a new opportunity for Frontier to
build 10 new ENERGY STAR® homes on individual lots. Five of the homes will
be ranch-style and the other five homes will be Frontier’s new Ridgeline
Series, single-section manufactured homes that are very energy-efficient
and built to Frontier’s high quality standards. For more information about
how Morgan County residents can take advantage of this opportunity they
can contact Frontier at 606-784-2131. Let Frontier Housing help you own a home. Listen to Frontier's radio spot. Listen (mp3 file) Published 2009-7-06 Frontier Goes "green". Frontier Housing officials announced in the spring that the home finance and construction company was going “green.” Now it is in the final stages of building the “green home.” Read more Published 2009-7-01 Frontier Housing played an important role in a Congressional Briefing on the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009. On June 25, the Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) and Energy Programs Consortium held a briefing to discuss how manufactured housing can play an important role in energy, climate, and affordable housing policy solutions. Read more Senator Tester's Bill* Published 2009-6-30 Frontier Housing has 3 VISTA openings. Gain Real World Experience and Build Your Résumé While Serving as an Americorps VISTA with Frontier Housing. Frontier Housing announced today that they have been approved for three Americorps VISTA members. These volunteers will work very closely over the next year in support of Frontier’s neighborhood stabilization efforts. Read more* Apply Now! Published 2009-6-29 Why Now is a Good Time to Buy a Home for the First Time. NeighborWorks America National Homeownership Programs Director Marietta Rodriguez discusses why now may be a good time to buy.. Read more Published 2009-6-29 Frontier Housing Celebrates Manufactured Housing Week. This week, National Manufactured Housing Week, Frontier Housing is dispelling myths and opening the doors of homeownership to all income levels in America, by improving housing in a previously ignored sector—manufactured homes. Frontier Housing has been working for five years to help buyers of manufactured housing in Morehead, Ashland, and nine surrounding counties by delivering quality, energy efficient homes, with fair, mortgage financing. Read more* Published 2009-6-19 Frontier participates in Kentucky Bank's First-time Homebuyer Seminar. Josh Trent gave expert home buying advice on how to purchase a quality, ENERGY STAR home with a reputable builder. See his presentation on how to make the best home buying decisions. Presentation download* Frontier flyer* (Large files) Published 2009-6-18 1st Time Homebuyer Seminar Why: Understand the $8,000 tax credit and loans available for mortgages. When: June 16 - Tuesday Where: 111 East First Street, Morehead Conference Center, Morehead, KY Details: link* Published 2009-6-11 NeighborWorks® Video Demonstrates Value of Prepurchase Counseling in Preventing Foreclosure View video Published 2009-5-29 Local family gets free car. NMSU Corps members gave away a car to a local family during their Mini Repair Affair event last week. Read more Made possible by many Published 2009-5-20 Seven Reasons to “Go Green” in Communities. NeighborWorks America today released a comprehensive sustainability guide to help community development corporations and other nonprofits to evaluate and improve the environmental and sustainable footprint of their organizations, or in short, "Go Green." Read more Published 2009-5-8 Earth Day Groundbreaking; Frontier is Going a Deeper Shade of Green. To celebrate Earth Day, Frontier Housing broke ground at The Community at Edgewood on its first “Green Build Kentucky,” home design.  This
innovative design promotes energy efficiency and green building practices
for residential design, development and construction. Frontier chose to
name this exciting new product after Dr. Tom Carew, co-founder of Frontier
Housing. The Carew Home will honor Dr. Carew’s dedication to serving the
region.Read more* MSU article Photo gallery* Video Published 2009-4-24 Clean Energy Corps visits Frontier Housing with hybrid bus. First Lady Jane Beshear Participates in Weatherization Tour Read more State Goes on "Earth Day" Tour Read more Photo gallery* Video Video #2 (on facebook - narrated by First Lady Jane Beshear) Published 2009-4-24 $4,500 for down payment and closing costs for first-time home buyers. Frontier is a lender for KHC. Frontier has access to the First Home Advantage Program. Let Frontier help you take advantage of these golden opportunities to own a home. Gov. Steve Beshear announced today a special initiative by Kentucky Housing Corporation (KHC) to offer up to $4,500 for down payment and closing costs for first-time home buyers who obtain a KHC home loan. The program will begin on May 1, 2009 and continue through Nov. 30, 2009. The First Home Advantage Program provides a second mortgage with principal and interest payments deferred until July 1, 2010 for KHC-approved, first-time home buyers. “For many first-time home buyers, the biggest barrier to homeownership
is the ability to pay upfront expenses, such as the down payment and
closing costs,” said Gov. Beshear. “The innovative First Home Advantage
Program will not only help qualified Kentucky home buyers overcome this
barrier and realize their dream of owning a home, it will hopefully
reinvigorate the housing market help get our economy moving in the right
direction.” April is Fair Housing month. On April 9, 2009, Mayor David Perkins and County Judge/Executive issued a proclamation recognizing April 2009 as Fair Housing month in Morehead and Rowan County. The local leaders took this action in response to the need for community education and as an effort to increase awareness of fair housing.
Fair Housing laws are dictated by state and federal laws that prohibit discrimination against any person because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, family status, or national origin. Fair housing laws apply to real estate agents, builders, insurers, brokers, and lenders. The City of Morehead and Rowan County supports fair housing in partnership with Frontier Housing. Frontier Housing, a non-profit corporation with a 34 year track record in affordable housing production, builds and develops single and multi-family housing in the City of Ashland, and the following counties: Carter, Elliott, Morgan, Magoffin, Wolfe, Menifee, Bath, Fleming, and Rowan. As part of its fair housing activities, Frontier has partnered with
Morehead State Public Radio for the past two years to offer a recording
studio opportunity to students in the sixth grade at Rowan County Middle
School. The students are presented with fair housing information and
challenged to create a commercial about Fair Housing. Winning teams are
then selected and travel to the studio at Morehead State Public Radio to
record their commercials, which air on local radio stations throughout the
month of April. This event has been very successful and the students look
forward to it. NeighborWorks® America Awards Grants. Read more* Published 2009-4-18 Clean Energy Corps takes hybrid bus tour and will visit Rowan County. Read more* Published 2009-4-16 Frontier Launches Innovative Voices. Frontier is pleased to share our new quarterly newsletter, Innovative Voices. We are tightening our belts to be more efficient with your donated dollars. Please help by sharing your email address with us, click here. We will protect your privacy. If you enjoy our newsletter and website via the internet; it means less printing and postage expenses. Together we can save money and help more families. Go to Innovative Voices Published 2009-4-16 Repair Affair - We Made a Difference in One Day! - April 4th.  The
Morehead-Rowan County Repair Affair (MRCRA) was a community-wide
initiative to address the minor repair needs of low-income, elderly, and
disabled homeowners in Morehead and Rowan County. Frontier’s Wendy
Puckett, Fundraising and Development Manager, served as Committee Chair
for this inaugural event. Frontier partnered with Morehead State
University and the Morehead – Rowan County Chamber of Commerce Leadership
Academy in sponsoring the Repair Affair. Flemingsburg Gazette MSU Trail Blazer The Morehead News Published 2009-4-10 Claiming the New Homebuyer Tax Credit. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The law authorizes a tax credit of up to $8,000 for qualified first-time home buyers purchasing a principal residence on or after January 1, 2009 and before December 1, 2009. Flyer* Details* Video Published 2009-4-06 Making Home Affordable, Help for America's Homeowners. Information for Borrowers, Lenders, and Counselors. Read more Published 2009-3-23 Governor Beshear Announces Neighborhood Stabilization Program. Gov. Steve Beshear today announced that Kentucky will use $37 million in federal funding to help communities respond to the effects of high home and property foreclosures in the wake of the country’s economic crisis. Read more Published 2009-3-02 Kentucky Clean Energy Corp Projects Get Underway To Make Homes More Efficient in Kentucky. - Training and hiring thousands of new “green collar” workers - Upgrading 10,000 homes across the Commonwealth - Complete the 100 home pilot project in Central Kentucky Articles: Read more Governor Beshear, First Lady Launch Pilot Program of Kentucky’s Clean Energy Corps Read more Clean Energy Plan To Weatherize 100 Lexington Homes Read more Kentucky's 'clean energy corps' to weatherize 10,000 homes Read more New Program To Help Ky. Homeowners Go Green Read more 100 houses to get energy-saving features Read more State aims to weatherize up to 10,000 homes Read more Pilot energy program kicked off in Lexington home Read more* Frontier Housing's ENERGY STAR Ridgeline Series Published 2009-3-02 Repair Affair - Make a Difference in One Day! - April 4th The Morehead-Rowan County Repair Affair (MRCRA) is a community-wide initiative that will address the minor repair needs of low-income, elderly, and disabled homeowners in Morehead and Rowan County. Read more Published 2009-2-27 MSU Professors receive grant for Repair Affair. Read more Published 2009-2-24 Secretary of Finance Jonathon Miller asks Frontier Housing to serve on Clean Energy Corps. Read more* Published 2009-2-19 Frontier Housing Receives Grant to "Green" Affordable Housing in Rural America. The Housing Assistance Council and The Home Depot Foundation Award Funds. Read more Published 2009-2-12  The Housing Assistance Council created the Henry B. Gonzalez Award for Distinguished Service in Housing by an Elected Official and HAC presented this award to Representative Geoffrey Davis of Kentucky on February 9, 2009 in Vanceburg, KY. Event sponsored by: Peoples Self Help Housing and Frontier Housing Article ... Photo Gallery and house details* Published 2009-2-12 Tracking the Stimulus Bill. Two places to track the Federal Stimulus bill are: HAC link www.Recovery.gov Published 2009-2-12 Dr. Edna Schack, Morehead State University, on Frontier Housing by: Edna Schack Read more* Published 2009-2-3 Ken Wade, NeighborWorks® America CEO, Comments on the Inauguration of President Barack Obama. Read more Published 2009-1-26 Frontier Housing joins in Repair Affair We need volunteers for our Repair Affair. Join us on Saturday, April 4th for the Morehead-Rowan County Repair Affair. For more information, click here Radio interview, click here (01-09-09 broadcast) Published 2009-1-23 "Green Light" Help Educate Community on CFLs Come have lunch and learn more about Compact Fluorescent Lighting and the benefits of using energy-efficient lighting in your home and business. It is a lunch and learn event. Volunteer to distribute CFLs. January 22, 12 noon - 1 pm, at Frontier Housing (directions) Registration Published 2009-1-15 A Home is a Home replacement proposal Frontier Housing, in collaboration with our nonprofit partners-- Energy Programs Consortium and I’M HOME can eliminate America’s worst, most substandard energy wasting homes over the next decade. Read more Published 2009-1-12 Frontier Housing participates in Repair Affair with funding from the Kentucky Housing Corporation Read more Published 2009-1-09 Manufactured Housing Compact Expands into Virginia: celebrating HOPE first set! Helping Overcome Poverty’s Existence (H.O.P.E.) is blazing a trail in Virginia as the first nonprofit to successfully construct a home using a manufactured unit sold by Frontier Housing, the exclusive nonprofit dealer of Clayton Homes. Read more Published 2009-1-06 News archive 2008 more * Download Adobe Acrobat Reader |
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