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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...
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...