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“ [Yachad’s Hard Hats and Helping Hands program] is a way, without taking up a lot of time or costing a lot of money, to make a large impact on certain people’s lives….  Our investment is whatever it takes.  It’s not a matter of money or hours; it’s a matter of helping.”

                                       -- Eichberg Construction Chairman John Eichberg

      

                                                    What

     

Yachad’s Hard Hats and Helping Hands Home Repair (5-H) program recruits professional real estate and construction people to volunteer their time, labor and often, materials, to repair the homes of lower-income Washington-area residents.  The goal is to organize a highly skilled volunteer labor force that provides greatly needed repair services to lower-income homeowners. A broad range of projects is available, from repairing the plumbing in a single bathroom to repairing the drywall in and painting a few rooms, or an entire house.  Often, money is available to purchase all or a part of the supplies needed.  Yachad works with the homeowner to determine the repairs needed and presents to the contractor or tradesperson the scope of work.  The contractor can then choose to do some or all of what’s needed.

               Who

    

Yachad welcomes professional real estate and construction tradespeople to contact us and learn about the projects currently under consideration.  For more information on how you can join us in stabilizing the dwindling stock of affordable housing in the Washington area, please send an email to 5H@yachad-dc.org .

 

COMING SOON: Before and After-Pictures and stories from recent 5-H successful projects.