A new Shelterforce report highlights a growing concern for older homeowners in rural America: Housing stability often depends less on affordability than on the ability to maintain aging homes.

The report follows Kentucky homeowner Karen Moore, whose leaking roof eventually caused extensive structural damage before help arrived through the Christian Appalachian Project (CAP).

“Her roof [had been] leaking, but she couldn’t afford to get the roof repaired,” said Tina Bryson, CAP’s director of communications. “Water dripping through the roof over time rotted out her floor in her kitchen. She told me how she was afraid to go to the bathroom at details ⇒

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