Safe and affordable housing remains out of reach for millions of people with disabilities and their families. People with disabilities are more likely to face homelessness and housing instability,…
To respond to the COVID-19 crisis, Congress passed two laws to fund the U.S. Department of the Treasury Emergency Rental Assistance (ERA) Program, totaling $46.55 billion. The Treasury ERA program…
Congress Continues Debate over $3.5 Trillion Reconciliation Package with $327 Billion in Affordable Housing Investments
Congress is working to enact a $3.5 trillion infrastructure and economic…
National ADAPT, the world’s largest grassroots disability rights activist organization, has been fighting for disability justice throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. ADAPT engaged in media, policy, and…
Maryland became in May the second state with a “right to counsel” through the passage of H.B.18. “Right to counsel” means that income-eligible renters will have access to free legal representation in…
By: Nicole Jorwic, J.D., Senior Director of Public Policy, The Arc of the United States
It is empowering for anyone to be a homeowner, having an answer to “where do you live?” that doesn’t include…
Learn about your federal, state, and local housing, disability, and civil rights. Research the laws, regulations, statutes, and cases needed to provide the legal and moral grounding to support…
By Laura Ramos, Everyone for Accessible Community Housing Rolls!
"Lady Justice Rolls!” is a painting that embodies the history, discrimination, and despair that people with disabilities in the…
by Brian Peters; Independence First; Milwaukee, WI
The Independent Living movement in the 1970’s led to the creation of the Centers for Independent Living (CILs). Inspired by the civil rights…
Home and community-based services (HCBS) help seniors and people with disabilities with their daily needs, allowing them to remain in their own homes. Services can include supportive housing, home…
By: Nicole Jorwic, J.D., Senior Director of Public Policy, The Arc of the United States
People with disabilities have a right to live in their own homes in their communities but exercising that…
Medicaid’s Money Follows the Person (MFP) demonstration program has helped seniors and people with disabilities move from institutions, such as nursing homes, back into their homes and communities.…
