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Providers/Program

Providers/Program . Remodelers - CAPS State VR Services Habitat for Humanity Rebuilding Together Churches. Program/Providers. Home Repair Program Local Housing Agency ILC’s Other volunteer groups. General. Personal Income Tax: Medical Deductions (IRS)

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  1. Providers/Program • Remodelers - CAPS • State VR Services • Habitat for Humanity • Rebuilding Together • Churches

  2. Program/Providers • Home Repair Program • Local Housing Agency • ILC’s • Other volunteer groups

  3. General Personal Income Tax: • Medical Deductions (IRS) • Business Credits and Deductions (IRS) • Administration on Aging • Title XX • Title IIIb • Medicaid (with a HCBS waiver in place)

  4. General • Impairment Related Work Expenses (IRWE) • Plan for Achieving Self Support • Private Foundations • Corporate Foundations

  5. Renters Only • Landlord Funded Alterations for Tenants • Public Housing • Community Development Block Grants (CDBG)

  6. Home Owners • Community Development Block Grants (CDBG) • HOME • Housing Finance Agencies (HFA)

  7. Home Owners • Rural Economic and Community Development • 504 Loan/Grant • 502 Loan

  8. Home Owners • Fannie Mae • Remodeler Financing • Home Equity Conversion • FHA Title 1 Loan Insurance • FHA 203K Loan Insurance • Veterans Affairs (VA)

  9. Barriers to Home Modifications • Research • Funding/Financing • Household Awareness • Lack of Capacity

  10. Funding Problems • Fragmented system • Limited funds • Narrow eligibility • Lack of information • Lots of work to find

  11. Finance Barriers • Beliefs • Universal Design and Modifications can’t add value • Misinformation • What is a good modification? • What is a universal home?

  12. Lack of Capacity • Remodelers • Health Care • Designers • Aging Network • Public Services

  13. What You Need to Know for Home Modifications • Abilities and disabilities, preferences • Health status • Family situation • House situation • Access design, products and AT • House construction and pricing • Funding

  14. Measurements and Codes

  15. Maneuvering Room

  16. What can result? • Big, ugly ramps • Unattractive and improperly located grab bars • Institutional looking features

  17. What can result? • Detract from home value • Features needed to be removed from homes by later buyers • Costly and innapropriate modifications

  18. Resources • National Center for Supportive Housing and Home Modification • Internet Certificate Course • Research • Technical Assistance • Information Clearinghouse • Web Site: homemods.org

  19. Resources • State University of New York at Buffalo • Publications • Listserve • Website:http://design6.ap.buffalo.edu/~idea/

  20. Resources • National Association of Home Builders • Research Center • Accessible Products Guide • CAPS • Web site: nahbrc.org/

  21. Resources • AARP • Web site: http://www.aarp.org/life/homedesign/

  22. Resources ABLEDATA Website: http://www.abledata.com/

  23. Photo and Project Credits Jon Sanford RERC on Work Place Accommodations Atlanta, GA Will Johnson Building Company Chapel Hill, NC Commonwealth Construction & Design, Inc. Chapel Hill, NC National Association of Home Builders Research Center Upper Marlboro, MD

  24. Photo and Project Credits Sunderland Homes Louis Tenenbaum Potomac, MD John Salmen Universal Designers Rockville, MD Anne Morris Springfield, VA Center for Universal Design

  25. THE CENTER FOR UNIVERSAL DESIGN College of Design North Carolina State University (919) 515 - 3082 voice and TDD (800) 647 - 6777 information requests Email: cud@ncsu.edu Web site http://www.design.ncsu.edu/cud/ COLLEGE OF DESIGN

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