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| https://web.archive.org/web/20141206051655/http://esty.house.gov/media-center/in-the-news/housing-nonprofit-receives-50k-grant | Housing nonprofit receives $50k grant | 2014-12-05 | 2014 | 2014-12 | Democrat | House | CT | Elizabeth Esty | E000293 | web.archive.org | legacy | NEW MILFORD - A local arm of a national nonprofit that has rehabilitated nearly 200 homes in Litchfield County over the past decade has been awarded a $50,000 federal grant to help fund its efforts. Rebuilding Together of Litchfield County, was notified Thursday it will receive a Housing Preservation Grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to pay for repairs and renovations to homes of low-income families and senior citizens living in Litchfield County. Ceia Webb, executive director, said the grant is the largest single grant the nonprofit has received. “This grant will go a long way in supporting their mission of building stronger, more resilient communities here in Litchfield County,” said Rep. Elizabeth H. Esty D-Cheshire. Each year 15 to 17 applications are submitted either directly or through local social service agencies for repairs. Webb said only about 10 percent of the applications are rejected and when that happens it is because the project is solely cosmetic, the applicant doesn't own the home or the owner can afford the repairs. “If you don't like the color of your house, oh too bad,” Webb said. “Cosmetics are not OK. Warm, dry safe are our key words. If it is going to help you be warm, dry and safe you are probably going to be good.” Emergency repairs such as a new furnace are handled as they come in. “You can't say wait until April,” Webb said. Webb said she recently received the 183rd application. In October, Rebuilding Together, helped a Plymouth family upgrade its four-room home on Lake Plymouth so pipes don't freeze in the winter. Webb said volunteers work most on projects specific to elderly who need preventive measures done in bathrooms. They replace vanities with pedestal sinks so they are wheelchair accessible and they install walk in showers for people who cannot get over the side of a standard tub shower safely. Recently they rebuilt a chimney and shingled a roof. When the shingles came off the workers found sheathing was rotten and under that they found two rafters were also rotten so they replaced the roof, sheathing and rotten rafters. In other homes old windows have been replaced with new insulated windows. Webb said the organization, which has a board of directors, has as many as 100 volunteers who turn out over two weekends in April when the bulk of the annual projects are tackled. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |