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Section 8: The New Housing Choice Voucher Program
Author(s): Ann O'Hara, Emily Cooper
Publication Date: 2002
The Section 8 program is one of the most important federal housing programs available to assist people with disabilities. With Section 8 housing assistance, people with disabilities can become more independent and have the opportunity for full community integration. It is now the largest federal housing program targeted to extremely low-income households. In fiscal year 2002, Congress appropriated approximately $15 billion in continued funding fo...
Section 8 Made Simple: Using the Housing Choice Voucher Program to Assist People With Disabilities
Author(s): Ann O'Hara, Emily Cooper
Publication Date: 2002
Section 8 Made Simple is not a manual for Public Housing Agencies to learn how to administer the Section 8 program. Rather, it is a guide to help understand how the Section 8 program can be used to meet the specific housing needs of people with disabilities. With this information, people with disabilities, their families, advocates, and service providers will be more prepared to effectively engage Public Housing Agency staff and help people w...
Priced Out in 2002: Housing Crisis Worsens for People with Disabilities
Author(s): Emily Cooper, Ann O'Hara
Publication Date: 2003
This issue of Opening Doors focuses on the recent Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC) publication Priced Out in 2002: Housing Crisis Worsens for People with Disabilities. The authors discuss the major findings, and methodology of this report, and explore topics including the housing crisis, SSI benefits, highest-cost housing markets, median income by state, housing wages, and housing affordability for people with disabilities. (Authors)
State Housing Agencies: How They Can Help People With Disabilities
Author(s): Emily Cooper, Ann O'Hara
Publication Date: 2003
Beginning in the 1990s, state housing agencies began to play an increasingly important role in creating affordable housing for low-income households. Because of the complexities associated with state housing agencies, people with disabilities and their housing advocates may have trouble “deciphering” how state housing agencies can assist people with disabilities. This confusion is not surprising since: • Many states have more than one state ag...
Priced Out in 2012: The Housing Crisis for People with Disabilities
Author(s): Emily Cooper, Ann O’Hara, Nikki Singer, Andrew Zovistoski
Organization: Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc.; Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, Housing Task Force
Publication Date: 2013
Priced Out in 2012  is a study of the severe housing affordability problems experienced by people with disabilities. Priced Out calculates the difference between what an individual receiving Supplemental Security Income (SSI) can reasonably afford to pay for housing costs and the average cost of modest housing units. Priced Out in 2012 confirms that non-elderly adults with disabilities living on SSI confront an enormous housing affordability gap...