Safety 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 MoreThese 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.
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 MoreCorporate-owned landlords are buying up more single-family homes in Sun Belt cities like Charlotte, which expands an affordability gap among Black households. Institutional investors often resort to predatory tactics as landlords, including higher eviction rates, hidden fees, aggressive rent increases and embracing gentrification to increase long-term profits. From The Charlotte Post.
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.
Read MoreShelterforce highlights Rebuilding Together St. Louis in its report on the need for more funding for home repairs. Researchers found that older homeowners in St. Louis averaged $13,000 in unmet home repairs. Here's how advocates can measure home repair need in their own cities, and why repairs make a difference.
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