The Community Aging in Place Grant Program offers no-cost home safety checks, minor maintenance repairs, and accessibility modifications to eligible low-income elderly and disabled homeowners. It is modeled after Bath Housing’s Comfortably Home program and based on the evidence-based CAPABLE Program from Johns Hopkins University. It is administered by eight Public Housing Authorities and two […]
The Maine State Housing Authority’s Home Repair Program provides grants to low-income homeowners who cannot afford necessary home repairs, including improvements necessary to permit use by persons with disabilities or who are experiencing physical barriers living at the home.
The State Assistive Technology Grant Program, funded under the Assistive Technology Act of 2004, supports comprehensive, statewide programs in each state that improve the provision of assistive technology (often home modification-related) to individuals with disabilities of all ages.
The EZ Fix Program helps older adults and adults with disabilities to remain safely in their homes by providing minor home repair, housekeeping, and in-home technology training and services throughout rural Eastern Maine. Initially, Eastern Area Agency on Aging (EAAA) recognized that low-income seniors were struggling to keep their homes repaired and established a volunteer-based […]
Community For Life provides a package of services for homeowners and renters. It includes home maintenance/light home repair provided by a community “handyman” based on a list of vetted contractors, transportation, and community access navigation in a cost-effective and supportive manner. This fee-based, local nonprofit model involves three pillars of support including initial home assessment […]
Accessible Homes for Seniors is administered by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development in partnership with the Maryland Department of Aging. It provides zero-interest loans to modify a home space for adults age 55 or older. Modifications may include grab bars and railing installation, widening of doorways and installation of ramps. The program […]
This State of Maryland tax credit administered by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development is for residents who renovate a home to be more accessible. The tax credit may be up to 50% of the cost of the renovation up to $5,000, either in one’s own home, the home of a family member, […]
This program focuses on preserving and improving single family properties and one-to-four unit rental properties. It is designed to bring properties up to applicable building codes and standards, and may include accessibility modifications. Interest rates for loans range from 0% to 6% and are based on the applicant’s ability to pay.
This Medicaid Waiver provides residential habilitation, respite, adult life planning, environmental accessibility adaptations, family consultation, intensive individual support service, and therapeutic integration for individuals with autism ages 1 – 21.
The Idaho Aged and Disabled Waiver provides supportive home and community-based services to maximize independence. Examples include adult day health, homemaker, residential habilitation, respite, supported employment, and environmental accessibility adaptations