Disability Housing    Stories 1 to 7 of 7  (click headline for the complete story)

1:   (ACCESS FOR DISABLED) Access For Disabled Reduced : El Paso, TX City Council members vote 6-2 to reduce the required portion of units accessible to the disabled to 3%. The present quota is 5% but builders say that, while the city needs housing, financiers 05/07/2010 12:32 PM

2:   (DISABLED) Deadline For Vouchers For Disabled : Public housing authorities have until July 7 to apply for $30 million of Sec. 8 housing vouchers that would provide housing for non-elderly disabled persons. HUD allocates the FY 2009 money through its 04/09/2010 12:33 PM

3:   (WELFARE RULES) New Rules For Welfare To Disabled : Washington state lawmakers approve reforms to the state program that gives housing vouchers, cash and health care to disabled people in a move that could be a model for other states. The 04/02/2010 12:59 PM

4:   (TAXES) Property Tax Break For Disabled Mulled : A move to give fully disabled public safety workers a permanent break on property taxes is considered by Howard County, MD council members. The proposal would apply only to 100% disabled 10/30/2009 11:52 AM

5:   (COURTS) Judge Orders Disabled Into New Housing : A federal judge orders New York state to find new homes for 4,300 mentally disabled residents who now live in crowded and poorly managed adult homes. The group homes were intended to replace 09/11/2009 12:57 PM

6:   (HIV/AIDS) HOPWA Money To 19 Projects : Recipients as small as a city housing authority in Vermont to ones as large as state housing and community development agencies will use $21.41 million during the next three years to ensure that 07/24/2009 12:45 PM

7:   (DISABILITY HOUSING) Disability Funding For Housing Available : About 4,000 disabled Americans are in line for $30 million of housing assistance provided by HUD. The department seeks comment on the offering through July 13 from public housing 06/26/2009 12:09 PM

 

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