HOUSING PROGRAM
Roofs, Repairs, and Renovations
Many Americans do not have enough savings to perform needed rehabilitation and repairs on their home. A leaking hole in the kitchen of an elderly grandma might go neglected and eventually collapse while she’s making Thanksgiving pumpkin pie. Our grants provide the materials and bring college students and church groups to the heart of Appalachia to help repair the homes with children and the elderly so that they can live more comfortably.
THE CHALLENGES
Thousands of elderly and disabled homeowners live in homes they can’t easily access because of uneven or dangerous steps, no wheelchair ramp, or the house itself is in disrepair and deemed unsafe. Our grants to numerous partners in Appalachia provide the cost of materials and labor so that work groups, volunteers, and contractors can rehabilitate homes.
OUR IMPACT IN 2023
Homes rehabilitated
Individuals living in a better home
Home Renovations … More than Just Making Home Safer
For many low-income homeowners in Appalachia, particularly the elderly and disabled, struggling to get by on meager fixed incomes, the cost of repairing a leaking roof, rotting floors, or constructing a desperately needed handicap ramp is far beyond their means. But...
Repairing and Rebuilding Homes, and Lives
Rebuilding Homes and Lives in the Heart of Appalachia In rural Appalachia, the arrival of spring is a spectacle of nature's revival, with early bloomers and budding trees painting the landscape in vibrant colors. Yet, beyond nature's beauty, spring marks a season of...
Transforming Challenges into Hope: The Heartwarming Journey of Home Rehabilitation in Kentucky and West Virginia
Our home rehabilitation partners in Kentucky and West Virginia utilize grant funding to purchase items such as shingles for leaking roofs, drywall and lumber to fashion handicap ramps, sometimes very elaborate for the elderly and disabled living in homes on steep...