Tough Choices: A Safe Home vs Necessities

Sue Gebhart, Rebuilding Together Greater Harrisburg

Home should be a safe place. But imagine having to make the choice between necessities to survive or necessities to be safe. Guest Sue Gebhart, Executive Director of Rebuilding Together Greater Harrisburg, talks with host Tate Blanchard about how her organization helps those who qualify to evaluate and repair their homes free of charge so that they don’t have to make the tough choices between necessities and can live in a safer and healthier environment. rtgh.org

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Apr 09, 2022

Hosted by: Tate Blanchard
Produced by: Keystone Newsmakers Team
#Pennsylvania #General Interest #Local
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