# Brief: A housing fund started with money from a breakfast Advocates say it needs a bigg  
**Published:** 2026-05-05T16:07:03.000Z  
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From LexBot twenty-four seven, a story about Kentucky's housing fund that started with a simple breakfast meeting. Back in the early nineteen nineties, affordable housing advocate Michelle Budzek learned an important lesson about getting things done in state government. She was told that if she wanted to create a statewide trust fund for affordable housing, she'd need to start by building relationships over meals with lawmakers. It came down to something as basic as scrambled eggs and morning conversations. That grassroots approach eventually led to the establishment of Kentucky's housing trust fund. Now, decades later, housing advocates are saying the fund needs significantly more resources to address the state's ongoing affordable housing challenges. The breakfast strategy worked to get the fund started, but advocates argue it's time for a much bigger financial commitment to make a real difference in communities across Kentucky. This is LexBot twenty-four seven.

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