NDRN - Housing

(from 2007 Legislative Agenda)

Housing Links
Factsheet "Priced Out" in 2006 [PDF - 7M] National Low Income Housing Coalition briefing Opening Doors: A Housing Initiative for the Disabilty Community CCD Letter on SECTION 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities CCD Letter on Federal Housing Finance Reform Act of 2005

In order to increase affordable housing options that are integrated in the community – including home ownership and rental housing – to meet the growing unmet needs of individuals with disabilities and their families, the First Session of the 110th Congress should:

Significantly increase funding for – and protect the integrity of – generic and disability-specific housing programs, including the Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities program.
Ensure that nonprofit disability organizations can administer tenant-based rental assistance.
Reject efforts to block grant or cut funding for the Section 8 tenant-based rental assistance program.
Enact National Housing Trust Fund/Affordable Housing Fund legislation – with funding targeted at those with the lowest incomes – in order to increase the availability of affordable and accessible housing for people with disabilities.
Require that projects developed through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit comply with design standards identical to those required by Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.
Oppose efforts to limit housing options, including efforts to weaken fair housing and other critical civil rights protections such as Section 504.
Remove barriers that prevent people from renting or buying homes through program simplification, ensuring adequate fair-market rents, eliminating discrimination based on source of income, and permitting people to acquire and maintain assets.
Enact legislation requiring newly constructed, federally assisted housing to incorporate “visitability” standards (elements that afford accessibility to a dwelling’s first floor).