Common Ground Relief's mission is to create resilient Gulf Coast Communities that are environmentally sustainable, financially viable and personally cohesive. We fulfill this mission by helping residents build assets that support community transformation and renewal.

Common Ground Relief is a 501(c)(3), not for profit organization headquartered in the Lower 9th Ward of New Orleans. We run a diverse range of projects, from New Home Construction, to a Legal Clinic, Wetlands Restoration, and Community Gardening. We also educate school children about Food Security and Environmental Science with our Garden of Eatin' and Meg Perry Healthy Soil Projects.

In partnership with Robert Wolfe Construction, we work to elevate existing houses and construct new ones for returning residents throughout Orleans, St. Bernard and Jefferson parishes.

Take a look at the slideshow to see some of our completed New Construction and House Raising Projects.

To learn more about our New Home Construction, click here.

If you have construction skills, consider volunteering! You can help to reduce the cost of rebuilding for returning homeowners.

Civic Duty, a socially-minded footwear company, has designed a special New Orleans themed shoe, the sales of which will benefit Common Ground Relief in New Orleans.

Built by job trainees, volunteers and our construction partners our Model House not only shows what our New Home Construction Program can do, it also provides great new volunteer housing!

With our partners, the Restore the Earth Foundation, we're replanting the wetlands with Gulf Saver Bags!

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