When tornadoes tore through western Kentucky in December of 2021 left many without a home, with renters making up a large percentage of the displaced.

Some of those renters moved to Paducah and McCracken County, now Paducah.

Section eight housing assistance is trying to help find homes for people and others who need help because of low incomes.

Their program director told KCET that they need help from the community to meet the demand for low income housing.

We run a program called the Housing Choice Voucher Program, which is a HUD rental assistance program.

We are targeting all families age groups.

There's no specific area that we don't want to target because these families that need the rental assistance are eligible for this particular type of rental assistance based on their income.

Well, the resources are scarce.

That's why we're trying to promote and get the word out about housing.

We need landlords.

We need anyone that is interested in receiving federal aid.

As far as housing is concerned, to reach out to us, if they have families in their unit that could possibly qualify for low income housing.

But we did have several families to move into the McCracken County District, which is where we serve.

To be able to be housed after the December 10th tornado, people are still looking for housing.

They may not want to relocate out of their comfort zone, but the city of Paducah, Section eight, has housing availability for these families.

Al McEwen says that Section eight housing can help individuals or families who qualify for the program.