BOWLING GREEN, Ky. — Warren County is receiving millions to build more than 100 new homes for survivors of the 2021 tornadoes.

What You Need To Know

  • A $9.5 million grant from the 2021 Disaster Recovery Program will be used to build 128 new homes in Bowling Green and Warren County

  • Of that money, $5 million will go toward building 116 single-family homes in a new development along Russellville Road

  • The other $4 million will go toward 10 single-family homes and two duplexes on Double Springs Road

  • More than $52.3 million has been raised through the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund

A $9.5 million grant from the 2021 Disaster Recovery Program will be used to build 128 new homes.

“It’s going to change lives," said Bowling Green Mayor Todd Alcott. "It's going to give people the foothold they need for affordable housing (and) live their lives well.”

Of that grant, $5 million will go toward building 116 single-family homes in a new development along Russellville Road. The City of Bowling Green will be partnering with Habitat for Humanity for the construction of those homes. 

The other $4 million will go toward 10 single-family homes and two duplexes on Double Springs Road.

"It’s really rewarding seeing folks who lost their homes through natural disasters being able to get housing through Habitat and being able to start their lives over," said Jared McDuffy, Habitat for Humanity manager. 

Alcott said this new grant is part of the latest round of funding being used to rebuild hundreds of homes following the 2021 storms.

“This $5 million to the city and almost $4.8 million to the county that (Gov. Andy Beshear, D-Ky.) recently gave us is on top of a $132 million grant and $2 million that the city has put in on a Rescue Protection Act," Alcott said. "All of that is going to build 550 homes for our community right here in Bowling Green.”

To date, more than $52.3 million has been raised through the Team Western Kentucky Tornado Relief Fund. That money has been used across the state to pay for the funerals of storm victims, rebuild homes, assist farmers and provide unmet needs and life essentials to survivors.

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