Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities
                           Section 811

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) provides
funding to expand the supply of supportive housing for persons
with disabilities.

TYPE OF FINANCING:
  * Capital advances (bearing no interest) to finance the
    construction, rehabilitation or acquisition with or without
    rehabilitation of housing. Repayment of the advance is not
    required as long as the housing remains available for
    occupancy by very low-income persons with disabilities for
    at least 40 years.

  * Project rental assistance to cover the difference between
    the HUD-approved operating cost per unit and 30 percent of
    the resident's adjusted income.

ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS:
  * Nonprofit organizations

DEVELOPMENT METHODS:
  * New construction

  * Rehabilitation

  * Acquisition (with or without rehabilitation) of housing
    including housing from the Resolution Trust Corporation (now
    under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation).

TYPES OF HOUSING:

A variety of housing options may be developed including:
  * Group Home: A single family residential structure for three
    to eight persons; a larger home may be approved, if
    justified.

  * Independent Living Facility: A project consisting of at
    least five (5) individual apartment units. An independent
    living facility may house no more than 24 persons with
    disabilities per site, although a larger facility may be
    approved, if justified.

  * Condominium/Cooperative Projects:

    * An independent living facility may be developed for
      cooperative ownership by the residents.

    * A project may be developed through the purchase of units
      in an existing condominium association.

ELIGIBLE OCCUPANTS:

A person with a disability which is a household comprised of one
or more very low- income persons, at least one of whom is 18
years of age or older and has a physical disability,
developmental disability, or chronic mental illness which:

  * is expected to be of long-continued and indefinite duration;

  * substantially impedes the person's ability to live
    independently; and,

  * is of such a nature that such ability could be improved by
    more suitable housing conditions.

SUPPORTIVE SERVICES:
  * Sponsor must ensure that residents have access to any
    necessary supportive services which must be funded from
    non-HUD sources.

HOW TO APPLY:
  * An application for a Section 811 fund reservation is made to
    the appropriate HUD State or Area Office in response to a
    Notice of Fund Availability published in the Federal
    Register (typically in the spring of each year). Selections
    usually are announced in September.

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 In FY 1996, HUD awarded $171.6 million in capital advances    
 and project rental assistance under the multifamily           
 programs. Assistance was provided to 209 projects (2,600      
 units). "Click Here for Details"                              
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 For further information, contact the HUD State or Area        
 Office with jurisdiction for the area in which the proposed   
 project is or will be located