Rebuilding Together Of the Triangle - Raleigh, NC

Location: Raleigh, NC.

Rebuilding Together is the nation’s largest nonprofit organization working to preserve affordable homeownership and revitalize neighborhoods by providing home repair and renovation services free of charge to those in need. Through the support of corporate sponsors, local businesses and the hands-on work of over 200,000 volunteers, Rebuilding Together renovates and repairs nearly 10,000 homes and nonprofit facilities annually with a market value of nearly $100 million.

In addition to its core home repair work, Rebuilding Together renovates community centers and conducts home modification and repair programs that focus on elder home safety, energy efficiency, veterans housing, and disaster recovery and reconstruction. Rebuilding Together has over 200 affiliates and recently celebrated the completion of its 100,000th project.

Rebuilding together of the Triangle is the local affiliate, serving Wake, Durham, Orange, and Chatham counties.

How We Work

We are the Triangle affiliate of the nation’s largest nonprofit home repair and renovation provider. Rebuilding Together has provided tens of millions of dollars in critical home repairs to needy homeowners in more than 200 cities. Rebuilding Together is a four-star Charity Navigator nonprofit – you can be sure your money and time are put to good use.

Here at home, Rebuilding Together of the Triangle has done close to 100 significant repair projects in the last four years. Many of our projects include some of the following work:

• Repair damaged subfloors and flooring

• Replace rotten siding and trim

• Install Insulation & air sealing

• Replace leaking faucets, toilets and pipes

• Replace outlets & repair unsafe wiring

• Install appropriate ventilation

• Replace drywall

• Patch leaking roofs

• Build wheelchair ramps

• Install railings and grab bars

• Widen doorways and modify bathrooms for accessibility

• Clear overgrown yards

• Paint interior and exterior surfaces

In doing so, we walk away from a home, usually in a day, with repairs that literally change the lives of our homeowners and volunteers alike.

Who We Serve

We serve low-income homeowners in Wake, Durham, Orange, Chatham counties. We work with as many homeowners as possible, but the need is greater than our capacity to provide service.

Decisions to assist applicants are based on an applicant’s eligibility for service and the availability of resources, including labor, materials and funding.

In order to be eligible, applicants must demonstrate:

• Home ownership

• Residency in the home

• Low-income qualification: 65% of Median Income