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What B’nai B’rith Means To Charles Walker
After living in Tucson, Ariz., for years, 66-year-old Charles Walker never considered he might be ousted from his home. However, in the after effects of the 2008 recession, Walker’s house was foreclosed, making him one of the casualties of the economic downturn, and forcing him into a stressful and unstable living situation. For the first time in his life, Walker faced potential homelessness. B’nai B’rith helped secure housing for Walker at the Gerd & Inge Strauss B’nai B’rith Manor on Pantano. |
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Charles Walker is just one of the many residents and people positively affected by B’nai B’rith’s efforts:
- B’nai B’rith is the largest national Jewish sponsor of federally subsidized housing for the elderly in the United States, with 42 buildings in 26 communities, encompassing more than 4,000 apartment units and serving more than 8,000 people. B’nai B’rith works tirelessly with residents, members of the buildings’ boards of directors and a cadre of management professionals
- B’nai B’rith leadership and policy experts continue to make the case to Congress that supportive hosing for low-income older adults is not only cheaper, but more attractive than the alternatives.
Walker says living at the Gerd & Inge Strauss B’nai B’rith Manor on Pantano has caused him to regain the sense of security taken when his world was turned upside down after the foreclosure of his home. His story is another example of B’nai B’rith’s mission of tikkun olam—making the world a better place—at work.
