Sign Up
HB 271 Kentucky House · 2026 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to affordable housing.

Summary
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 198A to establish the abandoned home pool fund to be administered by the Kentucky Housing Corporation to purchase and improve vacant and abandoned homes for rental to eligible individuals and families; specify application process and eligibility criteria.
Issues: ✓ Budget & TaxesSupports Budget & TaxesBill creates new state fund (abandoned home pool fund) under Budget & Financial Administration to finance housing improvements, directly allocating state resources to support affordable housing programs.95% confidence ✓ HousingSupports HousingCreates abandoned home pool fund to purchase/improve homes for affordable rentals, directly advancing housing access for eligible families per bill summary.95% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 8, 2026 Last action Jan 15, 2026
Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
3
Key actions
0
Committee
2
Jan 15, 2026
Committee
to Local Government (H)
lower
Jan 8, 2026
Committee
to Committee on Committees (H)
lower
Jan 8, 2026
Introduced
introduced in House
lower
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

No sponsor information available.