Posts in Safe and Healthy Homes
Safe and Healthy Housing: Eight Principles for Home Repairs

We 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.

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Top 5 Reasons You Should Volunteer With Us

These days, there are so many organizations asking something from you. We’re blessed in Charlotte to have many great nonprofits to support and volunteer with. So why should you volunteer with Rebuilding Together of Greater Charlotte? Community Engagement Coordinator Erin Fisher shares five reasons why you should join our mission to repair homes, revitalize communities, rebuild lives.

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Harvard Study Reveals Urgent Housing Challenges for America's Older Adults

America 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.

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