Two single moms are getting their homes remodeled for free as part of the second annual “Room to Rebuild” project, sponsored by Choice Hotels.
The first house belongs to a 66-year-old woman who works part time and takes care of her son with special needs. Choice Hotel volunteers will replace her furnace, air conditioning, water heater and washer/dryer, and landscape her yard. They also will rewire her electric connection, which has become a fire hazard.
The second house belongs to a young woman with a 9-year-old child and a baby due in November. She is struggling to make mortgage payments and other expenses and was recently cited for fire code regulations, according to the news release.
Volunteers will dismantle a garage that has collapsed, rebuild walls, replace windows, build a driveway and landscape her yard. Her basement also will be analyzed by a structural engineer and reconstructed.
Both homes are in the Glenmont neighborhood of Silver Spring.
