The ThriveKY Coalition works hard to make #HealthyAtHome a reality for all Kentuckians—before, during, and after a pandemic.

KEJC has updated our app at HomerenterDeclaration.org to reflect the new expiration date (January 31) of the CDC's protections. Last night (Dec. 31), the CDC released a new form that reflects the new expiration date. Now, HomerenterDeclaration.org generates an electronically signed Declaration a user can email their landlord from within the app or download for offline/alternate delivery to their landlord. The app works nationwide. At HomerenterDeclaration.org, people who rent

Yesterday, the Kentucky Supreme Court issued a new Order allowing all evictions (except CARES Act-protected properties) to proceed beginning on August 1st. (We were surprised, too.) Does this mean your landlord can file an eviction based on nonpayment of rent on Saturday? Right now, the answer is no. But, that answer may change later this week. Here's why: Governor Beshear's Executive Order protecting Kentuckians who rent their homes from eviction for nonpayment of rent durin

Here are some answers to questions you may have about renters' rights in the time of COVID–19.

A friend of mine texted to ask me if a landlord could raise the rent 1) during a global pandemic during which 2) Kentucky's Governor has ordered people to remain #HealthyAtHome, and 3) the Kentucky Supreme Court has halted eviction filings until at least May 31. He sent me a link to a question about rent increases in Louisville he had seen on Reddit. He also told me that someone had linked to the letter I've written for Kentuckians who can't pay some or any of their rent righ