Senior home repairs build better health, strengthen community
Elderly residents shouldn’t have to worry about falling off of their front porches.
… Read more Fewer will, thanks to a home repair program managed by Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance.
The organization’s long-time housing repair program received a boost through a recent grant that helps seniors stay safe in their homes. Grant funds will allow the agency to undertake major and minor repairs for 32 homes in the west-Detroit neighborhood.
For Cody Rouge resident Chris Bond, 80, the agency’s help meant a dry basement after a plumbing backup in January, something she couldn’t afford to fix herself.
Several years ago, the