Safe and Healthy Housing: Contaminant Free

Everyone 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.

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Neighbors Helping Neighbors: A History of Rebuilding Together

Rebuilding Together, the national organization, started with the simple act of neighbors helping neighbors. In 1973, a small group of people in Midland, Texas, volunteered their time and skills to rehabilitate the homes of their neighbors. In 1988, the national office for Rebuilding Together opened. RTGC was formed in 2010 as a volunteer affiliate and completed a handful of homes every year until 2018, when it became a full-time organization. Last year, we completed projects at 35 homes in the Greater Charlotte area.

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