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Overview of the CHSP, which offers grants to states, units of general local government, public housing authorities (PHAs), tribally designated housing entities (TDHES) and local nonprofit housing sponsors to provide meals and other supportive services needed by frail elderly residents and residents with disabilities in federally subsidized housing.
Grantees and persons who need shelter can use this locator to find contact information for a CoC lead agency and for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Field Office serving the CoC's territory. The CoC lead agency should be able to direct you for assistance to specific homeless assistance programs serving the CoC.
Online forums where users can ask questions, make comments or express concerns related to Public and Indian Housing issues.
Links to a VA program through which veterans with service-related disabilities may be entitled to grants for constructing or modifying an existing home to meet their adaptive needs.
Explains designated housing program vouchers, which enable non-elderly families with a disabled person who would be eligible for public housing if occupancy were not restricted to elderly families to lease safe, decent and affordable housing.
Government Accountability Office (GAO) report regarding the extent to which developments occupied primarily by the elderly and persons with disabilities are severly distressed. This link opens a PDF document.
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.
Allows organizations to electronically find and apply for competitive grant opportunities from all federal grant-making agencies.
Describes how to obtain help from service coordinators that can extend the length and improve the quality of independent living.
Find subsidized apartments in your community as well as income limits in order to qualify.
Locate units in HUD-insured and HUD-subsidized multifamily properties that serve the elderly or persons with disabilities. Scroll down the Web page to select a state for more information.
Explains the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) Public Housing programs as well as answers frequently asked questions.
Information about the Section 8 rental vouchers and certificates to Public housing authorities (PHAs) that have approved plans to designate certain housing as elderly-only, disabled-only, or mixed elderly and disabled households to enable persons with disabilities to rent affordable housing.
Information on using the Section 8 Voucher Program to pay for decent and safe housing.
Information on a program from the Department of Housing and Urban Development that provides rental assistance to hard-to-serve homeless persons with disabilities.
HUD provides funding to nonprofit organizations to develop rental housing with the availability of supportive services for low-income adults with disabilities, and provides rent subsidies for the projects to help make them affordable.
Explains the special types of housing vouchers available for people with disabilities.
