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About Rebuilding
Together
Home Repairs
Architectural Salvage
Volunteering
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Mission
The mission of our Rebuilding Together affiliate is to provide a free service to
low-income Caroline County homeowners who are elderly, disabled or families with
children and are facing necessary but unaffordable home repairs.
In support of this mission, we maintain an architectural salvage depot to
facilitate the recycling of usable construction materials, making them available
at low cost to homeowners, thereby reducing waste and promoting environmental
sustainability
Some Statistics
Nationally, the number of low-income homeowners increases each year. The current
24 million low-income homeowner families is expected to grow to an astonishing
28.5 million by the year 2010. More and more families are placed in the position
of choosing between vital necessities such as food or medicine and a roof that
does not leak. Often disabled and/or elderly homeowners cannot afford the
modifications that allow them to “age in place” and remain in their own homes.
Rebuilding Together works to ensure that as many of those families as possible
do not have to make these difficult choices.
Locally, a 2003 survey counted 3,266 Caroline County residents living at or
below the poverty level. A 2004 count found 249 substandard dwellings in the
county, 72% of them owner-occupied. Caroline consistently ranks as one of the
poorest of Maryland’s twenty-three counties.
Free Home Repairs
Our free home repair services are available in Caroline County, Maryland, to
low-income elderly or disabled individuals or families with children who own and
live in homes requiring necessary but unaffordable repairs or improvements.
Affiliate volunteers assist each client in determining that financial need
requirements are met and in determining the structural needs of the dwelling.
If, in the screening process, it is determined that the applicant’s financial
situation does not qualify for the free Rebuilding Together service, the
applicant will be referred to other agencies – government and private – where
financial assistance to accomplish the necessary work may be available.
For further information contact:
Jim Bradley
410.479.0311
Architectural Salvage
The Mid-Shore Salvage Depot, a self-sustaining salvage operation, diverts useable building materials from
landfills, makes them available at low cost to the public and helps the
Mid-Shore become more environmentally friendly.
The service also provides information and resources on home repair to needy
Mid-Shore residents.
For further information, contact:
Jake Jacobs
443.496.1594
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would like to learn of ways to be involved with Rebuilding Together/Caroline
County.
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