On May 26, almost 80,000 racegoers packed into Charlotte Motor Speedway to watch the 66th Coca-Cola 600, NASCAR’s longest race. While the sold-out crowd was treated to an exciting race with 21 lead changes, they also saw a video of Coca-Cola Consolidated, NASCAR, and Charlotte Motor Speedway volunteers providing repairs for a local Army veteran. This repair project was just one of many ways those groups partnered with RTGC to honor Debra Stewart.
Read MoreFall is here, and with it comes pumpkin spice lattes, falling leaves, and colder temperatures. Before you get too cozy enjoying all the great things fall has to offer, consider these key steps to protect your home from the elements.
Read MoreMaintaining a home might not be as exciting as binge-watching your favorite show or trying out a new recipe, but it’s vital to ensuring you have a safe and healthy home. A well-maintained home is like a cozy sanctuary where you can unwind and feel truly at ease.
Read MoreThermal control in housing just means making sure your home stays at a comfortable temperature no matter the weather outside. If your house is too hot in summer or too cold in winter, that's not good. It can make you uncomfortable and even sick sometimes. Creating homes that are safe and healthy is vital to the overall health of people living in that home, which is why making a thermally controlled home is an important part of our Safe and Healthy Housing model.
Read MoreNobody likes an unwanted guest in their home! Of all the bad guests out there, pests are the worst ones by far. There are a variety of pests in the Greater Charlotte area, and they can come into your home in different ways. Learn what you can do to prevent pests from invading to ensure you have a safe and healthy home.
Read MoreEveryone wants their home to be a clean, healthy place where they spend their time. Sometimes, though, contaminants can get into our home. The wind might blow them in, or we bring them into our house through the furniture we use. Learn what you can do to have a contaminant-free home, one of the eight Safe and Healthy Housing principles.
the outside world will blow in contaminants when we open our doors, and at other times, the objects we choose to carry in will be a factor in the health of our homes.
Read MoreSafety is one of Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte’s eight Safe and Healthy Housing Principles, but what does it mean to have a safe home? A safe home has a roof that protects, windows and doors that keep out intruders, lit stairs and hallways that safeguard from falls, and more.
Read MoreKeeping water away and out of your home is vital to having a dry home, one of the eight Safe and Healthy Housing principles from Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte. Understand dryness, why it matters, what you can do about it in your home, and how RTGC helps neighbors in need have dry homes through no-cost repairs.
Read MoreOne of the eight principles of a safe and healthy home is cleanliness. A clean home prevents falls and reduces pest infestations and exposure to harmful contaminants. By cleaning a home and making it easier to clean in the future, our repair projects, provided at no cost to neighbors in need, help keep them safe and healthy at home.
Read MoreWe spend more than 70% of our time in and around our homes, so the biggest factor in our health is our homes. At Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte, we provide safe and healthy homes at no cost for neighbors in need by correcting 25 scientifically proven safety and health hazards common in the older homes we repair.
Read MoreAmerica is not prepared to meet the housing and care needs of its aging adult population. Housing America’s Older Adults 2023, a study recently released by the Join Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University, concludes that homelessness and cost burdens are on the rising among adults 65 years and older. To meet their growing needs, critical home repairs and accessibility modifications, like those offered at no cost by Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte are urgently required.
Read MoreIf Charlotte is to address its home affordability issues, it must do more to preserve its current stock of aging homes, not just build new affordable units. Organizations like Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte that provide critical home repairs and accessibility modifications tackle gentrification and displacement by allowing homeowners to age in place and stay in their communities.
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