Learn more about the invaluable contributions of our Homeowner Advisory Council (HAC).

As an organization whose work is rooted in preserving generational wealth derived from home equity, preventing the displacement of long-term residents, and confronting racial inequities in housing, we are proud to count Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) as one of our trusted community partners. Since 2018, we have been working together through the Community Asthma Prevention Program Plus (CAPP+) Home Repairs Program.

I was lucky to be invited by Congressman Dwight Evans to attend this year’s State of the Union, the first one since 2020 where members of congress could invite a guest. Before we went to the receptions, I spent a half hour with the Congressman, a tireless champion of affordable housing, updating him and his staff about the home preservation and housing justice work of Rebuilding Together Philadelphia, the nonprofit I lead.

“If you noticed I have on a red apron. This whole event got to our community, got to the Dunlap neighborhood because of the Red Apron Ladies. They’re a group of ladies around the corner right now giving out food to our community. That food was given out all winter long even though we did not have a building…”