Mission

The CCD Housing Task Force works with Congress and the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to increase access to decent, safe and affordable housing for all people with disabilities and to protect the rights guaranteed under the Fair Housing Act.

The CCD Housing Task Force also works collaboratively with the Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC) to produce Opening Doors, a housing initiative for the disability community.

Co-chairs

• Liz Savage
  The Arc (DPC)
  202-783-2229 phone
  202-783-8250 fax
  savage@thedpc.org

• Andrew Sperling
  National Alliance on Mental Illness
  703-516-7222 phone
  703-516-0694 fax
  andrew@nami.org

Activities

• Fact Sheet: Frank Melville Supporting Housing Investment Act Of 2008 (H.R. 5772) Proposes Major Changes to Section 811 Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities Program New and Innovative Section 811 Demonstration Program Proposed
•  H.R. 5772: Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2008 Key Provisions And Changes To Current Section 811 Program
• Housing Task Force 2007 Annual Report (January 11, 2008)
• Priced Out in 2006 (PDF 7MB, HTML). Priced Out is a series of housing publications created as a joint effort by the Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc. (TAC) and the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Housing Task Force. Priced Out is published every two years to bring attention to our nation's most compelling, and least understood, housing affordability crisis. Each edition of Priced Out helps measure the gap between HUD's Fair Market Rents and the incomes of individuals and families who rely on monthly SSI benefits. The goal of these biennial reports is to shed light on the housing crisis being faced by people with significant and long-term disabilities. Each publication of Priced Out would not be possible without the generous support of the Melville Charitable Trust. (March 14, 2007)
• Low Income Housing Tax Credit letter (March 2007)
• Statement of Andrew Sperling, Director of Legislative Advocacy, National Alliance on Mental Illness on Behalf of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities Housing Task Force on the Section 8 Voucher Reform Act (March 2007)

• Report of the Housing Task Force 2006 Activities

Archive
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