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Rebuilding Together New Orleans
923 TCHOUPITOULAS ST
Local Volunteers with Rebuilding Together New Orleans OverviewRebuilding Together New Orleans (RTNO) is a local affiliate of a national nonprofit organization – Rebuilding Together – which has restored and revitalized more than 100,000 homes over the past 19 years. A program of the Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans (PRC), we work to restore houses of low-income homeowners in five target neighborhoods in Orleans parish. With all work done at no cost to the homeowner and utilizing predominantly volunteer labor, Rebuilding Together allows low-income families in communities across the country to live in warmth, safety, and dignity. MissionRTNO believes that by reinvesting in and restoring the existing housing stock of the city, we can bring homeowners displaced by Hurricane Katrina back to their former homes, retrofit older homes with Universal Design and energy efficient principles and provide a model for restoring and preserving New Orleans’ historic homes. Families that return to their homes in New Orleans – rather than live in exile or in a trailer – sustain a constant, stable, healthy living environment while building their equity and regaining financial independence. ProgramsUsing predominantly volunteer labor, we restore the homes of low-income elderly and disabled homeowners in Orleans Parish. ImpactBefore Hurricane Katrina struck in August 2005, Rebuilding Together New Orleans had completed 927 houses, 7 schools, 6 community centers, 1 courthouse and 2 transitional houses. Since Katrina, we have completed almost 100 houses and currently have 30 additional houses in progress. We have had 4,365 volunteers donate almost 140,000 hours of labor (with a market value of $2.4 million). FinancialChanging The Present will soon provide financial information on nonprofit organizations. |
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