Helping Hands

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Helping Hands is our latest program that fights substandard housing in Western Riverside County by making exterior improvements to mobile-home communities. This program seeks to benefit households on low and fixed income households, typically veterans, seniors, and the disabled.

Often the safest, highest quality mobile home communities owe their quality and safety to strictly enforced community standards. When households do not comply with maintenance regulations, they often face penalties even leading up to eviction. Habitat Riverside’s Helping Hands program assists households for whom compliance is not possible due to low income or disability. This supports Habitat for Humanity’s greater social mission by preventing homelessness before it starts.

Potential applicants are identified through Habitat Riverside’s community partnerships. Once they have submitted the proper paperwork Habitat Riverside reviews the application to determine if its needs are properly suited to the program’s capabilities and stated mission. Habitat then visits the site, and if approved the project is scheduled.

Helping Hands gives volunteers the opportunity to get involved with or without construction experience. Your company or organization can also help by sponsoring a mobile home rehabilitation project. Past groups have included the US Navy Recruitment Depot and Kaiser Permanante. Mobile home rehabs can be scheduled for any day convenient for your group.