Funding for the Tennessee Housing Trust Fund is generated from revenue earned by the agency’s Great Choice mortgage program. When funding allows, the Tennessee Housing Trust Fund supports the following initiatives: The Emergency Repair Program allocates funds to make essential home repairs for homeowners who are elderly or have a disability.
There are two parties of the program. Emergency Repair Program (ERP): To correct, repair, or replace an essential system and/or critical structural problem that poses an immediate danger to life, safety, or health of low-income homeowners who are elderly (60+) or disabled. This is not a comprehensive home renovation program; the aim is to stabilize […]
The Tennessee Technology Access Program (TTAP) is a statewide program designed to increase access to, and acquisition of, assistive technology devices and services. Through its four core programs: Funding Assistance, Device Demonstration, Device Loan and Device Reutilization, TTAP and a network of assistive technology centers help people with disabilities and their families find and get […]
Tennessee State Falls Prevention Coalition provides information to help prevent falls and fall-related injuries among older adults in Tennessee.
The Texas Housing Corporation Act authorized local government codes that allow for multifamily residential developments to opt to pay a fee equal to one-tenth of the total principal amount of the loan to the housing finance corporations rather than reserve 5% of the units for occupancy by low-income older people. These fees are remitted to […]
Home and Community-Based Services-Adult Mental Health is a program that provides home and community-based services to adults with serious mental illness. The program provides an array of services, to match each person’s needs. This helps the person to live and experience successful tenure in their chosen community. Services are designed to support long-term recovery from […]
CLASS provides home and community-based services to individuals with intellectual disabilities or related conditions (a disability, other than an intellectual disability, that originated before age 22 and that affects a person’s ability to function in daily life) as an alternative to an intermediate care facility. Minor home modifications are included as a service.
The DBMD Program provides home and community-based services to people who are deaf-blind with multiple disabilities to support living in the community. It includes minor home modifications.
STAR PLUS is a Medicaid managed care program for people who have disabilities or are age 65 or older. It offers minor home modifications to members who are enrolled in the STAR+PLUS Home and Community-based Services Program. It includes minor home modifications.
The TxHmL Medicaid Waiver Program provides supplemental essential services and supports not provided by other programs to individuals with an intellectual disability or a related condition so that they can continue to live in the community. Services include minor home modifications with a $7,500 lifetime limit plus $300 per yearly Individualized Plan of Care for […]