Rebuilding Together Alexandria - Alexandria, VA

Location: Alexandria, VA.

We are part of a national network of more than 150 affiliates, making Rebuilding Together the nation's largest nonprofit working to preserve affordable home-ownership, revitalize neighborhoods, and provide home repair services free of charge to those in need.

Our vision for Alexandria is a vibrant community where people of all income groups and cultures live in safe and healthy homes. We are working towards this goal by: 

• Repairing and rehabilitating homes free of cost for those in need, including the elderly, persons with disabilities, military veterans, and families with children

• Revitalizing communities by improving common spaces and schools serving low-income neighborhoods

• Creating affordable housing in the City

Our Values

• Transparency and integrity

• Serve all residents in need, regardless of gender, race, class, sexuality, disability, etc.

• Collaborate and partner with related organizations

• Complete projects in an environmentally conscious manner

• Sustain a fiscally and operationally sound organization

​Programs

Rebuilding Together Alexandria creates healthy neighborhoods for the residents in the City of Alexandria by maintaining affordable housing, revitalizing community spaces, and creating homeownership opportunities. By working with local community partners through our programs, we are able to make a greater collective impact on neighborhoods throughout the City.

Safe and Healthy Homes

Because home hazards disproportionately affect low-income persons living in older and/or substandard housing, our Safe and Healthy Home program focuses on stabilizing 25 items that the National Center for Healthy Housing found to drastically improve living conditions for residents, such as operable smoke/CO2 detectors, proper ventilation, and a working fire extinguisher.  

Last year, our clients met only 68% of the recommended items, but after Rebuilding Together made repairs and upgrades, 86% of the items that contribute to a safe and health home were completed.

Community Strong

Our Community Strong program provides improvements to a variety of common spaces used by thousands of Alexandria residents. From community parks and gardens to senior centers, homeless shelters and low-income daycare facilities, we partner with other organizations to upgrade or renovate these areas.  Activities include building greenhouses and vegetable gardens, installing benches and tables, creating walkways, planting greenery, installing play areas, and much more. 

Because of the work we’ve completed, children now have safe areas to play, neighbors have gardens to grow their own food, seniors have safe facilities to attend, and whole neighborhoods have been revitalized.

A Home Of Your Own

A Home of Your Own provides first-time buyers with an opportunity to become homeowners. We acquire foreclosed properties, renovate them using volunteer and skilled tradespeople, and sell the units to low- and moderate-income City residents and workers with greatly discounted and subsidized funding. In partnership with the City’s Office of Housing, we have provided affordable homes for more than 20 families.