"The Unity on Park" officially opens this week in Castle Rock. A former La Quinta hotel has been converted into affordable housing for adults with disabilities. "The Unity on Park" officially opens this week in Castle Rock.CBS It's a partnership between Douglas County and Wellsprin...
Beginning in the late 1980s, government-assisted housing for elderly persons, a popular and successful housing type, began to experience an in-movement of younger persons with disabilities. Advocates for the elderly population expressed alarm about the negative consequences for elderly persons of such...
For many people, moving to a place of their own is an important part of becoming independent. Although young adults with disabilities who strive toward this goal may face extra challenges, they can succeed in their search for housing that is affordable, accessible, and available by planning ...
MD Receives $6.9M To Create Affordable Housing For Residents With Disabilities The state has received $6.9 million in federal grant funding to create more affordable housing for residents with disabilities, the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development announced Thursday. Apr 21, 2022...
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...
Exorbitant housing prices in Glen Ellyn keep entry-level teachers, police officers and health care workers from living in the town they serve, advocates say. Parents of young adults with disabilities say their children should be able to stay in their community as they gain independence, but affor...
136 Riverside Avenue has been renovated, and now houses adults with disabilities. It is off-site affordable housing, part of the new Mill project, and an example of a creative approach to developing affordable units. She cited the 5-Year Affordable Housing Plan, adopted last year (click here...
Deep-rooted racial residential segregation and housing discrimination have given rise to housing disparities among low-income Black young adults in the US. Most studies have focused on single dimensions of housing instability, and thus provide a partial
“The most important thing citizens can do is to demand that elected leaders across Santa Clara County act now to support affordable housing for people with developmental disabilities,” said Stokley. “As a community, we need to do everything possible to prevent this vulnerable group of peo...
The right to adequate housing for all people was recognized as part of the right to an adequate standard of living in the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights [2] and further stated in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2006 [3]. Adequate should ...