Project Raise The Roof

We work with St. Louis citizens and community leaders to prevent homelessness, energize local economy, strengthen neighborhoods, and end the decay of our City's historic structures. Through community programs focusing on education, entrepreneurship, and home ownership opportunities, we help urban families become more sustainable, productive, and informed. People over property.

Mr. B Becomes A Homeowner!

Friday, April 24, 2015
Mr. B has rented his Wells/Goodfellow home in the 22nd Ward for over 20 years. After an absentee landlord stopped paying the property taxes and left town, the house was purchased at tax auction, and eventually donated to Project Raise The Roof. When we heard Mr. B’s story and how he took care of his previous landlady in her ailing days, today we transferred the deed to his name, and he became—for the first time in his life—a homeowner!