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Making a home more accessible


A HELPING DRILL — Facilities Management and Engineering Director Rafael Gonzales and other Sandia volunteers working with Rebuilding Together Sandoval County helped build ramps and platforms for a home in Bernalillo. (Photo courtesy of Rebuilding Together Sandoval County)
A HELPING DRILL — Facilities Management and Engineering Director Rafael Gonzales and other Sandia volunteers working with Rebuilding Together Sandoval County helped build ramps and platforms for a home in Bernalillo. (Photo courtesy of Rebuilding Together Sandoval County)

Rebuilding Together Sandoval County makes essential home repairs to help low-income neighbors stay in their homes. More than 15,000 homeowners live in inadequate housing in Sandoval County, and many homeowners cannot afford to make needed home repairs. Sandia supported their work with a $5,000 grant and Sandia volunteers helped a disabled resident by building a complex system of ramps and platforms to make her Bernalillo home more accessible.

WORKING TOGETHER — Electrical engineer Andy Dilts works with other volunteers to construct ramps that were installed to make a home more easily accessible for the homeowner. (Photo courtesy of Rebuilding Together Sandoval County)
WORKING TOGETHER — Electrical engineer Andy Dilts works with other volunteers to construct ramps that were installed to make a home more easily accessible for the homeowner. (Photo courtesy of Rebuilding Together Sandoval County)

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