Free home modifications and repairs for low-income homeowners

Contact Person: Don Ryan, Director of Partnerships

Agency Name or Parent Company: Rebuilding Together Arlington/Fairfax/Falls Church

Name of Home Modification Program / Resource: Free home modifications and repairs for low-income homeowners

Address: 10723 Main Street, #135, Fairfax, VA 22030

Email Address: [email protected]

Phone Number: 703-528-1999

Homepage/Website: https://rebuildingtogether-aff.org/

Established: 1989

Target Population: Low-income homeowners

No. of Persons Served/Year: 150

No. of Paid Staff: 5

Services Provided:

• Minor home modifications (e.g., grab bars, raised toilet seats, handheld showers, handrails, lever door handles)
• Major home modifications (e.g., remodel bathrooms, adjust counter/cabinet heights, ramps, elevator/platform or chair lifts, widen doorways, roll-in showers)
• Repairs (e.g., roofing, electrical, carpeting/floors, stair repairs)
• Home assessments
• Raise consumer and/or professional awareness
• Advocacy for home modification policies and funding
• Participate in task forces/coalitions or planning activities with other agencies
• Partners with state or local non-profit home modification programs (e.g., Rebuilding Together, Habitat for Humanity, etc...)

Funding Source(s):

• City/County Housing and Community Development Department (e.g., Community Development Block Grants, HOME Block Grants)
• Fundraising
• Grant funds

Special Features: Rebuilding Together Express delivers home mods and health and safety repairs year-round through small teams of skilled volunteers working half days. We cover Arlington and Fairfax Counties (and all sub-jurisdictions).

Total Budget: $600,000

Is your organization Non-Profit?: yes