http://www.disabled-world.com/ Disability Community News and Information Wed, 09 May 2012 09:11:39 EST en-us http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/housing-options.php Housing and Homes Everyone ages, this includes people with disabilities. As people age they begin to look for ways to ensure they remain living in their own homes, or at least as independently as possible. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:21:33 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/housing-options.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/unaffordable.php Housing and Homes Boomers and Elders Housing Report: More Americans Age 50+ Find Housing Unaffordable - AARP Public Policy Institute Releases State Housing Profiles. Sat, 01 Oct 2011 11:27:27 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/unaffordable.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/homes-shortage.php Housing and Homes Mencap highlights homes shortage for adults with learning disabilities. Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:53:18 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/homes-shortage.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/landlord-payments.php Housing and Homes Social sector tenants will be responsible for paying landlords direct under Universal Credit. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 09:00:32 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/landlord-payments.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/ending-discrimination.php Housing and Homes More than 10,000 fair housing discrimination complaints were filed in fiscal year 2010, according to the report. Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:05:24 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/ending-discrimination.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/boost.php Housing and Homes New Housing Benefit measures have been introduced to bring fairness back to the system and reduce the spiralling cost of the Housing Benefit bill. Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:26:35 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/boost.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/mortgage-foreclosures.php Housing and Homes Wells Fargo, Fannie Mae are Sued to Block Illegal Foreclosures and Evictions in California Reverse Mortgage Case. Fri, 05 Aug 2011 09:46:09 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/mortgage-foreclosures.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/rebates.php Housing and Homes Nearly $235 Million in 2010 Pennsylvania Property Tax/Rent Rebates to be Distributed Starting July 1 to Older Adults, Residents with Disabilities. Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:11:23 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/rebates.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/renters-rights.php Housing and Homes The Apartment Association of Greater Philadelphia has created a Renter's Bill of Rights in order to educate the public on renters' rights and landlords' responsibilities. Wed, 22 Jun 2011 09:53:05 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/renters-rights.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/future.php Housing and Homes All too often Americans living with disabilities, who are among the nation’s poorest citizens, struggle to find affordable and accessible housing. Organizations that serve these disabled individuals face challenges of their own, such as constrained funding and a shortage of resources. Tue, 14 Jun 2011 09:56:23 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/future.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/veterans-mortgage.php Housing and Homes CitiMortgage today announced the Citi(R) Disabled Veterans Mortgage Relief Program, a new initiative that will allow veterans wounded, injured or otherwise disabled in the line of duty to make reduced monthly payments on CitiMortgage-owned mortgages. Fri, 20 May 2011 14:58:31 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/veterans-mortgage.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/rental-housing.php Housing and Homes The Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Foundation Announces Partnership with State of Maryland to Increase Rental Housing Options for Persons with Disabilities. Tue, 10 May 2011 06:42:02 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/rental-housing.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/phfa-conference.php Housing and Homes PHFA's 2011 Housing Services Conference to Focus on Supporting Healthy Housing and Healthy Communities. Mon, 02 May 2011 16:47:15 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/phfa-conference.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/housing-issues.php Housing and Homes Grants to be supported with associate volunteers from The Home Depot; Initial partners to include Fisher House Foundation, Volunteers of America and The Mission Continues. Wed, 13 Apr 2011 11:53:28 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/housing-issues.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/accessibility-support.php Housing and Homes Safeway and Rebuilding Together Plan 10 Rebuilds Across the U.S. for Safeway's Support for People with Disabilities Campaign. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:26:55 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/accessibility-support.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/rescind-foreclosure.php Housing and Homes AARP Foundation Litigation and Mehri & Skalet, PLLC Continue to Represent 3 Older Spouses in Federal Court As Issues Remain. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:20:00 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/rescind-foreclosure.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/fairness.php Housing and Homes New Housing Benefit rules come into force today bringing fairness back to the Local Housing Allowance system and cutting the cost of the Housing Benefit bill which has been rising continuously for a decade. Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:08:52 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/fairness.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/reverse-mortgage-equity.php Housing and Homes As older adults continue to face financial challenges in the sluggish economy, the National Council on Aging (NCOA) will offer free counseling for seniors through its Reverse Mortgage Counseling Services (RMCS) Network. Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:31:49 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/reverse-mortgage-equity.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/needs.php Housing and Homes The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) today issued a report summarizing efforts to the measure the extent of "worst case housing needs" among very low-income renter households with disabilities. Fri, 25 Mar 2011 10:14:28 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/needs.php http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/larger-homes.php Housing and Homes Properly incentivising building more family-sized social-rented homes and giving overcrowded households greater priority for rehousing would meet more Londoners' housing needs than the current approach to tackling the issue, a new report by the London Assembly says today. Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:49:41 EST http://www.disabled-world.com/disability/housing/larger-homes.php