Housing Articles Can Spark Discussion

Two excellent articles on housing and disability recently were published by the Center for American Progress.  The articles themselves are great, but they also contain links to other good information, helpful in the fight for better housing options for people with disabilities.

To read, download and/or print, click on these titles:

Disability-Forward Policy Recommendations To Advance Accessible and Affordable Housing for All  

Recognizing and Addressing Housing Insecurity for Disabled Renters

We recommend you not only read them, but share them with your housing authority, housing developers and city and state government types who do housing policy and funding.  We need to broaden the conversation beyond talking amongst ourselves, to talking with people who are not familiar with our issues, needs and wants.  Housers generally fall into that category.  But how will they find out if we don’t tell them?