Disability Housing Slammed; Mother Calls for Improvements Following Attack on Her SonThe Observer (Gladstone, Australia)
In this study, I show that with the appropriate experimental strategy, a correspondence test can be adapted to investigate disability discrimination in the rental housing market. I focus on discrimination against blind tenants assisted by guide dogs in Italy and obtain very robust results. The utiliz...
for food, housing, or other basic necessities; serious problems at work or lost a job; serious family problems involving your spouse, child, or parents; took care of a close family member or friend with a serious or life-threatening illness; serious legal problems; lost someone close to you...
The ability to live on their own is life-changing for the two men. "It's a wonderful opportunity to be able to live in a place like this," said DeGolier. "So I don't feel as if I'm trying to live up to someone else's expectations, so I can kinda see what my own expecta...
It is illegal for any landlord or housing provider to deny housing because of someone’s HIV/AIDS status under the Fair Housing Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act. It is prohibited for a lender to deny a FHA-insured mortgage to any qualified applicant based on their sexual orientatio...
Retaining self-determination means holding on to self-determination. This could, for example, be done by protecting one's rights to make decisions in one's own home, locking the door and not opening when someone is knocking, or forgoing certain kinds of help and support when there is no ...
American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section Commission on Disability Rights. Report to the House of Delegates resolution. https://www.americanbar.org/content/dam/aba/images/abanews/mym2018res/108a.pdf. Accessed May 24, 2019. 16. Greenland S, Pearl J, Robins JM. Causal diagrams for epide...
Journal of Intellectual & Developmental DisabilityBigby, C. and Fyffe, C. (2009) `Position statement on housing and support for people with severe or profound intellectual disability', Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, vol. 34, no. 1: 96-100....
These levels vary depending on geographic location so someone living in one county will have a different income limit than a senior living in an adjacent county so doing a bit of research before applying for subsidized housing assistance is a must. ...
national origin, religion, family status, and disability. HUD investigates any cases concerning the refusal to rent or sell a property, denying someone a dwelling, falsely stating that properties are unavailable, and imposing different terms or conditions based on any of the aforementioned discriminatin...