Our Story

Founded in 2014, Restoration Housing is a community-based, nonprofit developer focusing on the historic preservation of neglected architectural resources for the social benefit of low-income communities. At the core of everything Restoration Housing does is the belief that all people, regardless of circumstance, deserve to live in strong, healthy communities and dignified housing – the catalyst being the reinvestment in our historic built environment.

“To see [these houses] come back to life, it’s like turning on a light in a dark room, it brightens everything around it, and every project that Restoration Housing has done has had that kind of impact.”

– Roanoke City Council Vice-Mayor Joe Cobb