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There are many organizations building homes overseas and creating low-income rental apartments here in the US.

Americans have a long history of helping people in need.

But another story is unfolding…

Seniors and families across our country are losing their homes and independence, as they struggle with the cost of heating, cooling, necessary maintenance, and renovations.

Sudden illness, accidents, challenges of advancing age, and economic hardship are often the last straws causing homeowners to collapse while trying to also maintain a home.

As seniors and families lose pride of ownership, neighborhoods decline, becoming less desirable, and creating instability and hopelessness.

When banks and mortgage companies repossess homes, they are often sold in large bundles.

This practice ensures that only wealthy foreign and domestic corporations can purchase them.

Foreign buyers spent $1.1 trillion on 1.24 million U.S. homes between 2009 and 2024, and by 2021, investors grabbed 24% of single-family homes.

High interest rates, outdated and restrictive zoning laws, regulations limiting housing supply, and short-term rentals are also strong factors reinforcing barriers to homeownership for the average person.

By 2030, up to 60% of homes may be owned by corporations, pushing the country towards a rental state, and destroying the dream of ownership, independence, and generational wealth.

Private ownership and generational wealth are the constraints maintaining balance between We the People, the government, and corporations.

Homes lost by families and seniors may end up beyond the reach of families and regular people forever.

Helping ourselves, loved ones and neighbors survive life’s challenges without the loss of our properties serves all of us.

Keeping American Families in American Homes

The Crutch Foundation was created to preserve the family home.

As a family-founded and operated 501(c)(3) nonprofit with four generations of construction experience, we understand the struggles of American homeowners because we live it like you.

Our mission is to help other families overcome challenges that threaten their ownership while finding pathways to lasting stability.

Together we can help each other get over the rough patches and stabilize life, so our loved ones and neighbors may keep their homes, maintain independence, create generational wealth, and safeguard family ownership of not just homes but of our country.

Phase one of The Crutch plan is simple but powerful:

We will help unfortunate and fortunate homeowners overcome challenges that threaten continued ownership by making homes safe, accessible, and affordable.

Some of the services we provide:

• Reduce energy costs through home efficiency improvements. Every home that is energy-optimized helps us all live in cleaner environments while lowering energy demands nationwide.

• Provide essential renovations, ensuring homes are safe and livable to help homeowners maintain structurally safe, comfortable, and healthy environments.
• We will rehabilitate abandoned properties into affordable American Disability Certified housing.

This will serve people who cannot afford a home but want to maintain independence in an environment that accommodates physical challenges.

The Crutch will be comprehensive.

We will endlessly explore developing situations that affect homeowner stability and seek pathways for those struggling with homelessness.

Our extended goals will include…

Programs addressing physical and emotional health, community involvement, trades training and connecting with our local environments, because along with good morals, these are vital pillars of healthy strong communities.