WASHINGTON — Rebuilding Together, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to repairing homes and revitalizing communities, is expanding its nationwide reach through its long-standing corporate partnership with Ferguson to the Hampton Roads area.
Rebuilding Together and Ferguson have supported home repair projects in six markets over the past year, the nonprofit noted, and are now extending their reach in Virginia through Rebuilding Together of Hampton Roads.
With Natasha Stewart recently appointed as executive director, Rebuilding Together of Hampton Roads is well-positioned to deepen its impact in a region where safe, healthy housing is needed most, it added.
More than 510,000 households in the Hampton Roads region spend more than 30% of their income on housing, according to the announcement, and half of the homes were built before 1980. Aging infrastructure, coastal flooding, and accessibility needs for veterans and older adults leave many families living in unsafe conditions, the nonprofit adds.
To address these challenges, the affiliate has already begun providing repairs to homeowners in need. The organization cited as an example volunteers and contractors who rallied to restore the HVAC system, replace damaged doors, patch a hole in the roof, and weatherize windows for a single mom of three with a child battling severe asthma and another living with autism.
“We’re honored to serve this community and address critical repair needs that have gone unmet for far too long,” said Natasha Stewart, executive director of Rebuilding Together of Hampton Roads. “With strong local partnerships and dedicated volunteers, we’re making homes safer and lives better — because everyone deserves to live in a place where they can thrive.”
Ferguson, headquartered in the Hampton Roads area, helped make this vision possible by providing seed funding for the affiliate’s launch and first two repair projects, according to the announcement. The company has partnered nationally with Rebuilding Together since 2021 to complete 31 projects nationwide and continues to champion its mission.
“At Ferguson, we believe housing is the foundation for strong communities,” said Melissa Hazelwood, Ferguson’s director of corporate social responsibility and chair of the Rebuilding Together of Hampton Roads affiliate board. “We’re proud to support Rebuilding Together as they expand their reach and help more families across our community.”
The addition of the Hampton Roads affiliate strengthens the organization’s growing presence in Virginia, where the Richmond affiliate has long provided repair services, it said. In its first year, the Hampton Roads affiliate completed three home repair projects with the help of 25 volunteers. As a movement of neighbors helping neighbors, Rebuilding Together and its partners are building a future of safe homes and communities for everyone, it said.
To learn more about Rebuilding Together, visit rebuildingtogether.org.
