For more than three years, rain came through the roof of Celia Judd’s Jacksonville home. The retiree, who lives on a limited income, set out buckets to catch the water, including one on her dining room table, and spent years looking for help.
That help finally arrived from a nonprofit that has only just expanded into Jacksonville. Rebuilding Together Greater Florida paid for a brand new roof, and the homeowner no longer has to dodge drips.
The group’s program page is at rtgfl.org/get-help.
Buckets Everywhere And Water Cascading Across The Floor
Judd’s leak was not a small one. She describes it as getting bad, with water cascading across her floor, and for over three years she says she kept looking for a way to fix it on a retirement budget. A new roof is one of the costliest repairs a homeowner faces, and for someone on a fixed income it can feel out of reach…