Housing for Wounded Warriors and Disabled Vets
Posted by Brian Smith - On January 13, 2015 (EST)
Colleagues and Fellow Veterans:
Are
you a Veteran with a severe service-connected disability that affects
your mobility? Do you know someone who is? The Department of Veterans
Affairs (VA) administers the Specially Adapted Housing program, designed
to help severely disabled Veterans and Service members purchase or
construct an adapted home, or modify an existing home to accommodate a
disability. Two grant programs exist: the Specially Adapted Housing
(SAH) grant and the Special Housing Adaptation (SHA) grant.
We want to ensure anyone who might qualify knows about this program.
The
SAH grant is designed to help disabled Veterans and Service members by
providing a barrier-free living environment, such as a wheelchair
accessible home, that affords Veterans a level of independent living
they may not otherwise enjoy. Veterans and Service members with specific
service-connected disabilities (including loss/loss of use of both
lower extremities) may be entitled to a grant for the purpose of
constructing or modifying a home to meet their adaptive needs, up to the
current maximum of $70,465.
The
SHA grant can be used to increase the mobility of eligible Veteran and
Service members throughout their residences. Veterans and Service
members with specific service-connected disabilities (including severe
visual impairment or loss/loss of use of both hands) may be entitled to
this type of grant, up to the current maximum of $14,093.
For
those who do not yet own a home, a temporary grant may be available to
SAH/SHA eligible Veterans and Service members who are or will be
temporarily residing in a home owned by a family member. The maximum
amount available to adapt a family member’s home for the SAH grant is
$30,934 and for the SHA grant is $5,523.
VA
has staff located nationwide to assist individuals in applying for and
receiving these grants. You can find more detailed information about
qualifying disabilities here: http://benefits.va.gov/ homeloans/adaptedhousing.asp, and you can find contact information for an SAH Agent in your area here: http://www.benefits.va.gov/ HOMELOANS/contact_agents.asp.
Each
Veteran’s housing/living needs are as unique as their physical
disabilities. The Specially Adapted Housing program provides hands-on,
personalized, customized service to severely disabled Veterans seeking
home adaptations.
Other quick reference information can be found on our SAH graphic at: http://www.benefits.va.gov/ BENEFITS/infographics/special_ adaptive_housing.html#sthash. fO5MRl0b.dpbs.
V/R
Curtis L. Coy
Deputy Under Secretary for Economic Opportunity
Veterans Benefits Administration
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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