B3: Elderly and Disability Housing

Improve housing opportunities for the elderly and persons with disabilities.

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Elderly households and persons with disabilities have special needs that require flexible housing strategies. HUD’s strategy is to maximize the independence of these households. HUD’s programs, where appropriate, promote community-based living opportunities for the elderly and persons with disabilities, and make supportive services available to residents of rental housing, enabling them to live as independently as possible in the most integrated setting. One way HUD supports independence for persons with disabilities is to promote visitability in all HUD funded projects. Another approach is broader: to increase awareness and compliance with accessibility laws in the multifamily housing market. HUD’s Section 202 and 811 programs for elderly households and persons with disabilities are unique among HUD programs in providing the only construction financing programs for affordable supportive rental housing for the target populations. The Section 811 program also provides rental assistance vouchers to persons with disabilities through the Mainstream program. Through the Designated Housing Program, HUD is providing technical assistance to PHAs to encourage the designation of housing for the elderly, persons with disabilities, and the elderly combined with persons with disabilities when the local demographics support the need for the program. The technical assistance provides guidance to meet the Designated Housing Plans’ statutory requirements contained in Section 7 of the U.S. Housing Act of 1937. HUD tracks and monitors the Designated Housing Plans.

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