5 THINGS TO KNOW
RTN performs essential home repairs for Nashville residents, preserving affordable homeownership, and
SPONSORS ARE CRUCIAL
TO RTN’S MISSION, each one helping us make even more funding relationships
$1.4M
RTN proudly sustains relationships with infulential local and national organizations. Over the past 5 years, 8 different organizations have supported RTN with donations of $100,000 or more.
scan the QR code below to see a full list of our sponsors
HEALTHY HOME
Above | Mr. Simmons, long time Hillhurst resident and armed services veteran, in November, 2024, outside his home during a volunteer [Re]Building Day.
MR. SIMMONS
During our work on Mr. Simmons home, we were able to install grab bars and new accessible fixtures in both of his bathrooms to avoid falls, replace aged and usafe waterlines, secure and provide new railings inside and outside, add bracing to an essential structural beam in the attic, and provide adequate light fixtures to help Mr. Simmons navigate with low eyesight. To the right you can see the factors on our Safe and Healthy Home Check-List, plus some additional items, we were able to repair in order to ensure Mr. Simmons’s and his family’s ability to remain living safely in their home.
$17,621
Above | Volunteers from Lowe’s, working on new mailbox support, to ensure mail and emergency vehicle access for Mr. Simmon’s home.
STRUCTURAL SAFETY
SECURE DOORS & WINDOWS
ACCESSIBLE & SAFE RESTROOMS
VISIBLE HOUSE NUMERALS
ADEQUATE SMOKE DETECTORS
SAFE STAIRS AND RAILINGS
$7,800
SAFE LIGHTING LEVELS
Right | RTN’s impact spans across Nashville
target community homes served disaster recovery homes served
OUR WORK HELPS SOME OF OUR NEIGHBORS STAY IN THE HOMES THEY LOVE.
OF THE HOMEOWNERS WE SERVED, 47% 28% 92% $33,201
HAVE LIVED IN THEIR HOMES FOR OVER 30 YEARS
LIVE WITH DISABILITIES ARE 60 YEARS OLD OR OLDER WAS THEIR AVERAGE INCOME PER HOUSEHOLD
THE CHANCE FAMILY
During the Nashville 2023 Tornadoes, the entire roof and second story was torn off of the Chances’ home, while they sheltered below in their first floor kitchen. Through RTN’s partnership with the Nashville Long Term Recovery Group (LTRG), our team has been able to oversee a complete reconstruction of their home from the ground up. Managed by RTN’s Disaster Recovery team and funded by LTRG, this project will give the Mr. and Mrs. Chance and their son the ability to stay in the neighborhood they love and keep ownership of their home.
Left | The roof and second story torn off of the Chances’ home.
Right | The Chances’ home amid reconstruction with new siding in progress.
DISASTER RECOVERY PROGRAM
PRESERVATION IS INCREASINGLY URGENT IN NASHVILLE 4
Nashville is experiencing the most intense gentrification in the United States according to a recent report published by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition. This means that longtime Nashvillians are currently, and will continue to be displaced. As more and more Nashvillians in every part of our city experience the pressure of displacement, Nashville’s historic housing stock and homeowner population is in danger of disappearing.
Data shows homeowners are more involved in civic engagement and volunteerism and are more likely to vote compared to renters. Homeownership can also lead to greater neighborhood satisfaction and have some indirect effects lowering crime rates.*
Through the preservation of existing homeownership by repairing homes at relatively low investment, we can keep long-time Nashvillians, and their famlies, for generations to come right here in Nashville.
05 * “Reexamining the Social Benefits of Homeownership after the Housing Crisis” William M. Rohe and Mark Lindblad. Joint Center for Housing Studies, August 2013.
Data
GENTRIFYING CENSUS TRACTS
GENTRIFYING CENSUS TRACTS
FOR EVERY $1,000,000 INVESTED IN HOME REPAIRS, RTN CAN...
$20,000,000 PRESERVE OVER IN HOME VALUE.
*estimate based on 2025 assessed home values
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR NASHVILLE FAMILIES?
WEALTH THAT CAN BE PASSED DOWN TO LONG-TIME NASHVILLIANS
PRESERVING SAFETY NETS FOR NASHVILLE’S CURRENT AND FUTURE WORKFORCE
FINANCIAL SECURITY FOR OLDER NASHVILLIANS ON FIXED INCOMES
INVESTING THE SAME AMOUNT TO BUILD NEW CONSTRUCTION
MARKET RATE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES can build 1-4 new homes, potentially unaffordable to long-time residents, without any investment in other community resources.
FUNDING RTN IS A GREAT RETURN ON INVESTMENT
(and more effective than new construction with less money)
To provide homeowners with all of the tools they need to stay living safely in their home, RTN offers wrap-around services by working with local partners like The Store and Vanderbilt University School of Nursing to provide access to groceries, financial literacy and community mental health resources - all of this in addition to our core home repair programs.
5
BEYOND HOME REPAIRS,
INVESTING IN RTN IS ALSO INVESTING IN
Below | 2025 Dickerson Pike Resource Fair organized by VUSN
