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Financial Help Still Available For 2019 Tornado Victims, Damaged Properties

With the help of local volunteers, Rebuilding Together Dayton works to transform the lives of low-income homeowners by improving the safety and health of their homes and revitalizing their communities.
Rebuilding Together Dayton
With the help of local volunteers, Rebuilding Together Dayton works to transform the lives of low-income homeowners by improving the safety and health of their homes and revitalizing their communities.

A year and a half after the Memorial Day Tornado outbreak, people are still putting their homes and their lives back together. Rebuilding Together Dayton (RTD), a local recovery agency, is urging anyone who still needs assistance with home repairs to contact their agency before the winter weather sets in.

RTD is one of four local agencies issuing funds provided by the Federal Home Loan Bank of Cincinnati through their disaster reconstruction program. They say right now is the time to make needed repairs. Severe winter weather can cause significant additional damage to properties already damaged by the tornados.

Amy Radachi, president and CEO of Rebuilding Together Dayton, says there’s funding available to help.

“Up to $ 20,000 per [household] to address some simple needs, such needs as roofs, windows, siding, anything that we can do to button up the house before winter hits us again.”

The organization is especially encouraging those who are uninsured or under-insured to apply for the funding.

Application requirements and more information can be found on the Rebuilding Together Dayton website.

Jerry began volunteering at WYSO in 1991 and hosting Sunday night's Alpha Rhythms in 1992. He joined the YSO staff in 2007 as Morning Edition Host, then All Things Considered. He's hosted Sunday morning's WYSO Weekend since 2008 and produced several radio dramas and specials . In 2009 Jerry received the Best Feature award from Public Radio News Directors Inc., and was named the 2023 winner of the Ohio Associated Press Media Editors Best Anchor/News Host award. His current, heart-felt projects include the occasional series Bulletin Board Diaries, which focuses on local, old-school advertisers and small business owners. He has also returned as the co-host Alpha Rhythms.