Dear Federal Reserve Bank of New York Volunteers,
First of all, thank you for supporting Friends of Rockaway!
Our work focuses on critical residential infrastructures that create safe and habitable homes so that families can feel secure.
Utilizing St. Bernard Project’s proven-effective, vertically integrated model, we leverage AmeriCorps members, volunteers, and in-house skilled trades people to eliminate the need for (and high cost of) subcontractors. This model enables us to repair and rebuild properties of low to moderate income homeowners at drastically reduced costs, and carry out construction projects with much lower subsidies than that of traditional affordable housing models.
The Rockaways account for more than 1/3 of all single family applications for recovery aid in New York City.
Friends of Rockaway repair and rebuilding projects serve homeowner clients in greatest need. FoR helps residents who are at risk of losing their home, low to middle income, displaced, and/or have medical issues. We constantly strive to ensure that families who need our help most receive it as soon as possible.
Sincerely,
Friends of Rockaway
