For its fourth straight year, URDC will be participating in Mt Airy Day on May 6. Mt. Airy Day is a celebration of a great Philadelphia neighborhood and includes delicious food, live entertainment, great shopping, kids’ games, and booths of many local organizations, including URDC. Stop by and see us between 11 AM and 5 […]
URDC completed another successful home repair for a senior in East Oak Lane. Ms. Jones is an 87-year-old homeowner who has lived in her home since 1957. She lives alone and needed a number of repairs to remain in her home safely, including a new back door, patching of basement walls, and a new bathtub, […]
A key part of URDC’s home repair program to low-income and senior homeowners is the offering of low-interest, non-collaterized loans that help pay for expensive exterior projects. In an effort to identify more bank partners to offer these loans, URDC has been working with FINANTA, a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) that facilitates access to […]
URDC is pleased to add Mishkan Shalom as its newest congregation member! Mishkan Shalom (www.mishkan.org) is located in Roxbouough at 4101 Freeland Ave. It is a Reconstructionist synagogue that worked extensively with URDC in 2016 through the Interfaith Community Building Group (ICBG), composed of members from Mishkan Shalom, URDC member St. Vincent de Paul Roman […]
On March 11, URDC participated in New Canaan Baptist Church’s third annual Home Services Resource Outreach Seminar. The Seminar was organized to provide information to the community on organizations that offer home services to the elderly and low-income at a reasonable price. Besides URDC, My Way, Center in the Park, Habitat for Humanity, and The […]
URDC recently hired Mr. Khaleel Evans as its Project Manager to oversee the Owner Occupied Home Repair program, which helps finance costly exterior home repairs for senior and low-income homeowners in northwest Philadelphia. The program has assisted over 250 families to live in safer, healthier homes thanks to URDC repairs. Khaleel has extensive experience working […]