Volunteer home repair · Paducah, Kentucky
The Steady Home Project builds wheelchair ramps, repairs roofs for older neighbors, and handles the small fixes that keep a house livable — all of it done by volunteers here in Paducah.
What we build
Every project starts with a look at the house and a list of what actually stands between a neighbor and living there comfortably. Then a volunteer crew gets to it.
Built to fit the doorway, the slope of the yard, and the person who will use it every day.
Leaks patched and shingles replaced for older homeowners who have no business up on a ladder anymore.
Grab bars, handrails, wider doorways and bathroom changes that make a house easier to move through.
A dripping fixture, a dead outlet, a toilet that runs all night — small repairs that turn into big problems if they wait.
Neighbors, church groups and tradespeople showing up on a Saturday with tools, a plan and a lunch cooler.
Most projects reach us through a neighbor, a church group or a family member who noticed something was wrong. That is usually how it starts.
Come out on a work dayWhy it matters
Many of the homes we visit were built for a different generation and a different set of knees. A step that was fine at sixty becomes a wall at eighty.
The repairs themselves are usually small. What is not small is what happens when they do not get done — people stop leaving the house, or they leave it for good.
Work days
Crews are small, the list is written down, and the day ends when the work is safe to leave. Here is the kind of thing we get done.
Volunteer
Bring an afternoon, a Saturday or a skill. Crew leads walk everyone through the work, and there is a job for every set of hands — carrying, cutting, painting, cleaning up, or running lunch out to the crew.
Give
Donations buy the lumber, shingles, handrails, grab bars and fasteners that hold a repair together. A gift of any size becomes part of a house somebody can stay in.
Every gift stays local, and every dollar goes into a project in Paducah. See what we build.
