Mountain Projects has received a perfect score on the 2025 SEMAP evaluation from HUD, earning 135 out of 135 possible points and achieving HUD High Performer status in every category.
Friends and family, neighbors, donors, volunteers and Mountain Projects staff gathered in Bethel Village recently to celebrate Michelle Parker, a community member who lost her home in Clyde (twice!) due to the devastating floods from remnants of Tropical Storm Fred and Hurricane Helene.
“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” – Charles Dickens
Mountain Projects has established food pantries at our Waynesville and Sylva offices to ensure we can provide food to households in need. We are accepting donations of shelf-stable foods and financial contributions to provide milk, cheese, juice, fruits, vegetables, and other proteins to these families.
Hands on Jackson is a day where community volunteer teams rally together to lend a helping hand to vulnerable neighbors in need. Mountain Projects was among more than 210 volunteers who completed 38+ projects today around Jackson County this morning.
The Smoky Mountain News’s Lily Levin touches base with Mountain Projects’ Amanda Singletary about the impact of the government shutdown on Section 8 housing. “Because everyone is furloughed right now, literally last week, when I emailed probably a dozen of my HUD contacts, all of their emails bounced back,” Singletary
Mountain Projects staff recently joined forces with the United Way Day of Caring in Haywood County to lend a helping hand to community members in need. Our team helped Ms. Margaret Biddix with yard maintenance around her home. Simple tasks like this can make a world of difference, and our
Here’s to the leaders who came before, and to the future we continue to build —together.
Mountain Projects’ disaster recovery work in Haywood County after Hurricane Helene was detailed in a recent news feature in the regional newspaper Smoky Mountain News. Thank you to the Smoky Mountain News and reporter Lily Levin for the coverage! “I would listen to these calls. The National Weather Service would
Your Donations at Work! A new modular home has just been set in Bethel Village through the Smoky Mountain Housing Partnership Homes for Hope initiative! Thanks to donors, volunteers, and partners, families displaced by last year’s floods are finding safe, stable, affordable housing. We are all a part of this
