Community Housing for People with Disabilities:
Integrating Affordability and Supported Living: A White Paper

By Dale DiLeo

Supported Living

Lack of Affordable Housing is a Barrier to Supported Living

Does The Existence of Affordable Housing in a Neighborhood Lower Property Values?

Keys to Developing Affordable Housing

Overview of an Innovative Affordable Housing Project in Florida

Recommendations for Expanding Local Affordable Housing for People with Disabilities

Resources for Affordable Housing

Appendix

Recommendations for Federal Policy Changes to Increase Affordable Housing

Other State and Local Housing Initiatives

Funding Sources for Affordable Housing

References

References

Achieving Independence: The Challenge for the 21st Century National Council on Disability (2004)

http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/publications/1996/achieving_2.htm

Building Inclusive Community: Tools to Create Support for Affordable Housing, HomeBase/The Center for Common Concerns , San Francisco, 1996 http://www.homebaseccc.org

Community Housing Plan for Persons with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness, State of Hawaii, Department of Health, State Mental Health Division

http://amh.health.state.hi.us/Public/REP/Planning/ServicePlans/HousingServices.pdf

Cooper, E. and O'Hara, A. (2003). Innovative Strategies to Meeting the Housing Needs of People with Disabilities. Opening Doors: A Housing Publication For The Disability Community, No. 23. Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Housing Task Force

DiLeo, Dale. (2003). Final Report: There's No Place Like An Affordable, Safe, Inclusive and Choice-Driven Home. The Florida Developmental Disabilities Council

Financial Resources For Affordable Housing, Florida Housing Finance Corporation, http://www.floridahousing.org

Florida Statute Section 393.063(48), http://www.flsenate.gov/Statutes/index.cfm

Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities (HUD Handbook 4571.2) and Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities, Conditional Commitment to Final Closing (HUD Handbook 4571.4)

Massachusetts Accessible Housing Registry, http://www.mnip-net.org/registry/registrymax.nsf/webpages/home?open

O'Hara, A. and Miller. M. (2001). Priced Out in 2000 : The Crises Continues, Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Housing Task Force, http://www.c-c-d.org/POin2000.html