Health

Not everyone with intellectual and developmental disabilities needs to live in a highly structured group home. There are ways to make integrated, independent living work.

With homelessness on the rise, the U.S. shelter system is ill-equipped to accommodate disabled occupants.

The Missoula City-County Health Department is working to expand health equity through a full-time government position, five years after a health initiative brought new sidewalks to low-income neighborhoods.

Laying the groundwork for transportation equity can start with listening to disabled people’s experiences of infrastructure for non-drivers.

Providing temporary housing in tiny homes has helped a long-term care facility keep its doors open in the face of a growing housing crisis. 

People with disabilities have the constitutional right to choose community-based care rather than institutionalization, but without enough accessible, affordable units, some are still being forced to live in nursing homes.

Accessibility for this challenging disability can look different from other measures—but addressing it could help improve everyone’s health. 

The ways in which buildings are managed after they are built also affects how accessible and inclusive they are.

Affordable housing projects should incorporate a range of accessibility features, going above and beyond code requirements.

Activists have been fighting for decades to expand accessible housing for disabled residents. They’ve made progress, but say that current regulations and enforcement don’t go far enough.

Welcome to Shelterforce’s newest Under the Lens series, Not Just Ramps—Disability and Housing Justice. This introductory article lays out why the connection between disability and affordable housing is so strong, and why it’s so important for housers to understand.

New federal guidance enables states to use Medicaid dollars to support housing needs.