Support rental subsidies for extremely low-income people with disabilities. Increase funding for these programs with added state funding for services to persons with disabilities. Architectural Barrier Removal Programs . Support architectural barrier removal programs. There is great need for assistance to people with disabilities who need access in their own homes.
Inaccessible housing is substandard housing for people with disabilities.
Support is needed to increase the number of architectural barrier removal programs in the state so that people who are low income and have disabilities can live independently. These programs must be consumer-driven. Technical assistance needs to be provided to communities to help them develop these programs. Poor enforcement of existing regulations by the Department and the limited availability of architectural barrier removal programs that provide physical and sensory accessibility for people with disabilities has led to a small number of affordable and accessible housing units available to individuals with disabilities who have low-incomes. Architectural barrier removal programs can systematically increase the affordable and accessible housing stock in the state.