Causes: Community Improvement & Capacity Building, Home Improvement & Repairs, Homeless & Housing, Housing Rehabilitation

Mission: Rebuilding Together Philadelphia (RTP) revitalizes communities by transforming vulnerable houses into safe, healthy and energy-efficient homes. RTP brings volunteers and communities together to repair homes and improve lives. Each year, RTP and more than 1,300 volunteers provide free safe and healthy home repairs for 75 to 100 homeowners.

Results: Since 1988, Rebuilding Together Philadelphia has:Repaired 1,712 homesEnlisted the support of 37,724 volunteers who have donated 511,1587 hours of volunteer serviceProvided over $36 million worth of safe and healthy repairs

Target demographics: vulnerable homeowners and neighborhoods.

Direct beneficiaries per year: 101 homeowners

Geographic areas served: Philadelphia

Programs: Block Builds: RTP executes three Block Builds a year in April, June and October. Each Block Build is two rebuilding days that utilize between 100 and 250 volunteers, neighbors, and homeowners per day to repair 10 to 25 clustered homes in a targeted neighborhood. Emerging [Re]Builders: Allows Career and Technical Education (CTE) students to put their classroom skills to work to repair homes for seniors. Throughout the year, high school students provide essential plumbing, electrical, masonry and carpentry repairs learned in their construction curriculum. Additionally, students focus on aging-in-place improvements for elderly homeowners such as grab bar and handrail installation, tripping hazards and old carpet removal, and step repair. Asthma Trigger Reduction Program: Reducing triggers of breathing issues in a home can have a monumental impact on the health of the residents. Middle Neighborhoods Initiative: Repairing homes of homeowners age 55 or older in Northwest Philadelphia. Middle neighborhoods often fall through the cracks – neither in crisis nor booming, these neighborhoods are critical to a thriving Philadelphia.