Federal grants available to build or remodel an adapted home for disabled veterans

Did you know that the Veterans Administration offers financial assistance to disabled veterans for adaptations to either existing homes or new homes built on land owned by the veteran?  We have been accepted as a builder in the Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Home Loan Guaranty Program.  Read below to see if you are eligible to receive one of the below offered grants.

If you are a disabled veteran, plan to build a new home in 2018 and are eligible for the grant, you could be entitled to 81,080.00 toward the cost of adapting your  new home!

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Housing Grants for Disabled Veterans

VA provides grants to Servicemembers and Veterans with certain permanent and total service-connected disabilities to help purchase or construct an adapted home, or modify an existing home to accommodate a disability. Two grant programs exist: the Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) grant and the Special Housing Adaptation (SHA) grant.

Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) Grant

SAH grants help Veterans with certain service-connected disabilities live independently in a barrier-free environment. SAH grants can be used in one of the following ways:

• Construct a specially adapted home on land to be acquired
• Build a home on land already owned if it is suitable for specially adapted housing
• Remodel an existing home if it can be made suitable for specially adapted housing
• Apply the grant against the unpaid principal mortgage balance of an adapted home already acquired without the assistance of a VA grant
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Special Housing Adaptation (SHA) Grant

SHA grants help Veterans with certain service-connected disabilities adapt or purchase a home to accommodate the disability. You can use SHA grants in one of the following ways:

• Adapt an existing home the Veteran or a family member already owns in which the Veteran lives
• Adapt a home the Veteran or family member intends to purchase in which the Veteran will live
• Help a Veteran purchase a home already adapted in which the Veteran will live

Eligibility

If you are a Servicemember or Veteran with a permanent and total service-connected disability, you may be entitled to a Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) grant or a Special Housing Adaptation (SHA) grant. The table below provides an overview of VA’s housing grant programs for Veterans with certain service-connected disabilities.

Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) Grant

Eligibility	Living Situation	Ownership	Number of Grants You Can Use
Loss of or loss of use of both legs, OR Loss of or loss of use of both arms, OR Blindness in both eyes having only light perception, plus loss of or loss of use of one leg, OR The loss of or loss of use of one lower leg together with residuals of organic disease or injury, OR The loss of or loss of use of one leg together with the loss of or loss of use of one arm, OR Certain severe burns, OR The loss, or loss of use of one or more lower extremities due to service on or after September 11, 2001, which so affects the functions of balance or propulsion as to preclude ambulating without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair *	Permanent	Home is owned by an eligible individual	Maximum of 3 grants, up to the maximum dollar amount allowable

• This eligibility criteria is limited to 30 recipients per fiscal year (FY).

Special Housing Adaptation (SHA) Grant

Eligibility	Living Situation	Ownership	Number of Grants You Can Use
Blindness in both eyes with 20/200 visual acuity or less, OR Loss of or loss of use of both hands, OR Certain severe burn injuries, OR Certain severe respiratory injuries	Permanent	Home is owned by an eligible individual or family member	Maximum of 3 grants, up to the maximum dollar amount allowable

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