Friday, April 15, 2011

THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT - 18


A GUIDE TO UNIVERSAL DESIGN

Both the lack of accessible housing and affordable housing present challenges to people with disabilities who seek to live independently.


In the State of New York, over 24,000 persons live in nursing homes and want to live elsewhere.

One person in a nursing home costs the state approximately $100,000 per year, when a simple housing subsidy would save tens of thousands of Medicaid and private insurance dollars.

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