Rebuilding Together New Orleans, the National Association
of Home Builders’ 50+ Housing Council and the Senior Lending Network worked
together to rebuild a home damaged by Hurricane Katrina. Volunteers
participated in a two-day community service project May 17-18 to help rebuild
the home of displaced mother-and-daughter owners Hazel Tate and Hilda Levy.
On May 18, the three groups hosted a
media event featuring actorRobert
Wagner, spokesperson for the Senior Lending Network, to
meet the homeowners and provide guided tours of the home and show its progress
to date.
The turn-of-the-century shotgun home was equipped with
universal design components such as a no-step entrance, wider doorways,
ADA-compliant grab bars, raised countertops, comfort-height toilets, Energy
Star appliances and other energy-efficient features.
