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 I’d like to introduce myself and tell you a little about my company, Homes Now LLC. I’m Homes Now President, Fred Rummel. My passion in life is construction.
I spent the first years of my career serving our fine
country in Navy Operations. For the past 18 years, I have been a building contractor in Tucson, Arizona, specializing in building and renovating homes. In the spring of 2006 I visited one of my favorite cities, New Orleans. My heart went out to the thousands of people who had been left homeless. I wanted to do something to help these folks, but knew that there weren’t enough workers or materials in southern Louisiana to replace the thousands of destroyed homes in a short time and at an affordable cost. Recently, I spent several months on special assignment in Iraq supervising the installation of over 1000
off-site built housing units for our troops which
included our patented waste system. I had also worked on several projects in Tucson installing high end off-site built homes. From those projects I knew that, using a quality off-site
built home and a small construction crew, I could give folks well constructed, affordable homes that looked just like site-built homes, in a short time frame. I decided to form Homes Now to do just that.
My good friend Melvin Gitler joined me in this endeavor. Melvin,
a long time small business operator overseeing sales,
engineering and design.
To do offsite construction of our homes we wanted only
the best, so selected Champion Home Builders, the nations largest off-site home builder with an international
reputation for service and quality and a the ability to
design homes the unique architectural style and weather
conditions of particular regions of the country.
After two years
of provided quality affordable housing to the wonderful
people of the Gulf Coast, we have opened a national
sales office to enable us to be of assistance to the
many victims of the floods, tornados and wild fires that
have devastated large regions of our nation.
Please give us
the chance to put you, your business or your community on “the road home”
to a wonderful new house that that can
be enjoyed for many years to come. If you are in
immediate need of a
well built, attractive residence at a price you can
afford and don’t want to wait months or even years to
move in, please give us a call. We'll be glad to help
you select the perfect home and customize it to fit your
family’s, company's or community's needs.
We have created
a new division for disasters. We have become experts in
disaster shelters. We have created the only permanent
home on wheels. This small model home is designed to IRC
Standards and is easily moved around and set up. This is
a patented design that we use in all our homes.
ABOUT HOMES NOW:
Homes Now LLC,LA., corporation based in Arabi, La.,
was formed in the wake of hurricanes Katrina and
Rita in 2005. Homes Now mission is to facilitate
human recovery for the state of Louisiana in the
aftermath of disaster, both natural and man-made.
Homes Now partners with human service and non-profit
organizations throughout the state and the
country to deliver assistance as effectively and
efficiently as possible.
Homes Now has positioned itself as a unique agency
with respect to its role in the state’s recovery
efforts. Not only has it seen first-hand the needs
of Louisiana’s citizens through the implementation
and execution of its direct assistance and
outcome-based proprietary programs.
Homes has developed a reputation for its ability to
design quality, outcome-based proprietary programs
for disaster-impacted residents in an effective and
efficient manner utilizing resources allocated by
the state and federal governments and private
organizations. Homes has delivered vital services
and resources to many parishes in Louisiana,
providing direct assistance in the form of homes and
apartments.. Though many assistance and recovery
programs do good work and provide needed resources,
most do not effectively measure outcomes.
Now we are endeavoring on a new mission and that is
to build very low, low and moderate rental
apartments throughout the state. With CDBG Funds and
other grants we believe that this mission can be
made viable and to give all the residents of the
state clean and safe housing.
Hope to hear from you soon,
Fred
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