Tenants Celebrate Two Years of Independent Living in New Residential Model for AHRC New York City

• By: Lynn Uhlfelder Berman Dylan Watton AHRC New York City
• March 26th, 2021
• affordable housing, community, COVID-19, friendship, home, housing, independence, independent living, quarantine, Spring 2021 Issue
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When AHRC New York City asked different departments to identify perspective tenants with intellectual and other developmental disabilities (I/DD) for 12 new Bronx apartments, it was uncertain about what to expect. But what is abundantly clear after two years is that a partnership among AHRC...

Increase Neuro-Inclusive Housing in Your Community: Here’s How!

• By: Desiree Kameka Galloway Autism Housing Network Denise D. Resnik First Place AZ
• March 26th, 2021
• adults, advocacy, affordable housing, community, community development, housing, housing assistance, inclusion, inclusive housing, policy, Spring 2021 Issue
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For most people with autism, housing is not affordable. It is a myth that Medicaid pays for housing (unless the individual lives in an institutional setting). If a person with autism can access Medicaid Long-term Support Services (LTSS) that pays for staff, transportation or programs necessary to...