About Us

Rebuilding Together DC • Alexandria is an award-winning, mission-driven organization that creates healthy neighborhoods for residents in Washington, DC and Alexandria, Virginia by:

  • Maintaining housing for low-income homeowners
  • Providing critical home repairs that eliminate health and safety hazards
  • Providing modifications and upgrades to schools, parks, and other common spaces in underserved neighborhoods
  • Creating homeownership opportunities

In doing so, we:

  • Help DC and Alexandria residents – including families with children, older adults, individuals with disabilities, and veterans – continue to live safely and independently in their homes.
  • Address home repair and maintenance issues that potentially present an immediate safety or health risk to local homeowners – thereby preventing unnecessary illness, disease, and perhaps even death.
  • Maintain vibrant communities where people of all income groups and cultures live in safe and healthy homes.
  • Prevent local homeowners from being one home maintenance bill away from a missed mortgage payment or bankruptcy or homelessness.



Supported by the DC Department of Aging and Community Living

Mission

[Re]pairing homes,

[Re]vitalizing communities,

[Re]building lives.

Vision

Safe homes and communities for everyone.

  • 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 

Rebuilding Together Network

We are part of a national network of more than 100 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. 

“I feel like I won the lottery. It’s the best thing to happen. It’s a blessing.”

CH, Homeowner

History

Rebuilding Together DC • Alexandria was established in 1986, and during that time, we have: 

  • Served households with average annual income of just $27,379. Nationally, there are 19 million low-income homeowners, 7.9 million of whom are elderly (Federal Reserve Bank 2023).
  • Recruited more than 39,000 volunteers, who have worked on more than 4,000 projects.
  • Leverage $12.5 million worth of in-kind value to the community. 

Though we provide repair services year-round, many volunteer projects take place on National Rebuilding Day in April. Annually, 700 volunteers donated $200,000+ in manual labor and materials to DC and Alexandria’s homeowners in need.

If you know of a DC or Alexandria homeowner that can be served through our programs, please contact us at 202.800.6032.