Homelessness Nonprofit Receives Free Roof For Holidays

FAIRFAX COUNTY, VA — Pathway Homes, a nonprofit seeking to address and prevent homelessness, is now a two-time recipient of DryHomes' Free Roof for the Holiday program.

Sterling-based DryHome Roofing and Siding accepted nominations through November for a person, family or organization in Northern Virginia deserving of a donated roof. In its 23rd annual program, Pathway Homes received a new roof for one of its houses serving three formerly chronically homeless adults at an Alexandria address in Fairfax County.

"Pathway Homes is [a] wonderful nonprofit that is helping Northern Virginians struggling with homelessness and mental health issues regain their lives," said Steve Gotschi, CEO of DryHome. "Knowing that we are helping Pathways serve more people and that their clients will be celebrating the holidays under a new roof brings joy to our DryHome team."

According to DryHomes, Pathway Homes provides services starting with stable housing to people with severe mental illnesses and co-occurring disabilities. With clients making as little as $774 a month and many with income below 200 percent of the federal poverty level, the nonprofit has served thousands of people in Northern Virginia and D.C. In 2024, it helped nearly 2,000 people access services and over 550 permanent supportive housing units.

"This is an amazing gift, and we are grateful for being a second time recipient of a new roof," said Pathway Homes CEO Sylisa Lambert-Woodard. "DryHome’s generosity ensures that we can reach more people with the resources this frees up. Our clients have long struggled to keep a roof over their heads, so having a new, dry roof means the world to them too."

Since DryHome's program started, the company has donated more than 23 roofs worth more than $200,000 to people and nonprofits. Last year's recipient was Loudoun Habitat client Asma Messaoudi, a single mother of four with disability. Other past recipients included Pathway Homes, an Ashburn man struggling with cancer, a Navy veteran who founded an animal therapy nonprofit, a Stafford mother of three who lost her husband, a Vienna mother struggling after a divorce, a Leesburg widow and mother of two young children, nonprofit Cornerstones, Doorways for Women and Families’ Safehouse, a Loudoun school bus driver, Good Shepherd Alliance, Falls Church Cub Scout House, and Gabriel Homes.