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In partnership with Habitat for Humanity affiliates, each ABILITY House is an accessible home built for a family where one or more members have health conditions or disabilities. The project also reaches out to volunteers, including veterans and students with disabilities, to help in building the homes.
Accessible housing information and news for people with disabilities, housing officials, builders and designers.
Home page of the largest nonprofit operator of supportive housing for people with disabilities in the U.S.
If you need public housing assistance or would like specific information about public housing programs such as housing choice vouchers, please contact your local Public Housing Agency. To find contact information for Public Housing Agencies in your city and state, select your state from the map on the page.
State by state listing of Centers for Independent Living.
Memorandum Of Understanding among the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Justice.
CSH helps communities create permanent housing with services to prevent and end homelessness.
Information from HUD on multifamily housing, including notices of funding opportunities and complaint information.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) online gateway to a variety of information on funding opportunities.
Links to a VA program through which veterans with service-related disabilities may be entitled to grants for constructing or modifying adapted dwellings.
Answers to frequently asked questions about the housing rights of people with disabilities and the responsibilities of housing providers and building and design professionals under federal law.
Information on a U.S. Department of Labor program that, in cooperation with the Department of Housing and Urban Development, is working to increase and improve employment opportunities for chronically homeless individuals with disabilities.
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) publication discussing fair housing for people with disabilities.
Initiative sponsored by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) designed to promote compliance with the Fair Housing Act design and construction requirements.
Information about public housing, Section 8, privately owned subsidized housing, and the HOME program, which provides grants to state and local governments for rental assistance.
Describes how to obtain help from service coordinators that can extend the length and improve the quality of independent living.
Information on numerous issues of interest to home buyers including financing, inspections, appraisals and home owner's insurance.
Information on VA-guaranteed loans, which are made by private lenders such as banks, savings and loan associations or mortgage companies for the purchase of a home or to build, repair and improve homes for veterans with qualifying service. Some veterans with may receive grants to have their homes adapted to meet their needs.
Nonprofit organization that builds houses adapted to the needs of military personnel returning from duty with disabilities.
Links to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) one-stop resource for fair housing information, including phone numbers.
Examines what constitutes accessible housing, discusses the types of products available to achieve accessibility and lists available resources to assist in this endeavor.
Contains information on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which helps eligible low income households meet their home energy needs.
Fact sheet from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) on the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, a way that the federal government funds the construction of new rental housing and the acquisition and rehabilitation of existing rental housing for low-income households.
Find subsidized apartments in your community as well as income limits in order to qualify.
Designed to assist prospective applicants in locating units in HUD-insured and HUD-subsidized multifamily properties that serve the elderly or persons with disabilities.
Information on the Supreme Court's Olmstead decision, which affirmed the right of individuals with disabilities to live in the community rather than in institutions whenever possible.
Web site of a university-based, non-profit organization dedicated to promoting aging in place and independent living for persons of all ages and abilities.
Explains the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Public Housing programs as well as answers frequently asked questions.
Lists the variety of public housing programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Information about supportive services that enable persons with disabilities to live alone and independently in the community.
Information on a program from the Department of Housing and Urban Development that provides rental assistance to hard-to-serve homeless persons with disabilities.
Describes two types of grants available to assist severely disabled veterans in adapting housing to their special needs.
Information on State Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs), state-chartered authorities established to help meet the affordable housing needs of the residents of their states.
Contact information by state for HFAs, state-chartered authorities established to help meet the affordable housing needs of the residents of their states.
This program sponsored by the Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) provides technical assistance to the 56 state and territory assistive technology programs as authorized under the Assistive Technology Act of 1998.
Information on using the Section 8 Voucher Program to pay for decent and safe housing.
Explains the special types of housing vouchers available for people with disabilities.
