The United States Department of Veteran Affairs has a variety of grants available to disabled veterans and people currently serving that are looking to purchase an adapted home, have them constructed, or looking to modify an existing home in order to better accommodate their disability. There are two types of grants available: the Specially Adapted Housing Grant and the Special Housing Adaptation Grant. Let's take a closer look at each one.
The Specially Adapted Housing Grant is available for veterans with certain disabilities to live in a home that is designed to accommodate their disability. The grant can be applied in a number of different ways:
It can be used to construct specially adapted housing on land that's currently owned.
The grant can be used to build an adapted home on land that has not yet been acquired.
It can be used to remodel an existing home.
And it can be applied retroactively against an unpaid principal mortgage balance if the adapted home was constructed, acquired, or already modified without assistance.
SHA Grant (Special Housing Adaptation)
The Special Housing Adaptation Grant is in place for veterans with certain disabilities to either buy or modify a home to better accommodate them. It can be used in a number of different capacities:
It can be used to adapt a home that the veteran or their family is looking to purchase.
It can be used to adapt a home that the veteran currently lives in.
Eligible Recipients
The SAH Grant and SHA Grant are options available to veterans who have sustained certain types of disabilities. For the SAH Grant to be eligible, the home must be owned by the veteran themselves, who would have received an injury that caused certain types of burns, loss of limbs, blindness, or organic disease. For SHA, the home must be owned by either the individual or a family member and the individual would have received certain types of burn injuries, loss of hands, blindness or near blindness, or certain types of respiratory injuries.
The Benefits
The amount that can be received by either the SHA or SAH is determined by law. The maximum for SAH in 2014 was $70,465, while the maximum in 2014 for SHA is $14,093. There's a maximum of three total grants that an individual can use.
SAH Grant (Specially Adapted Housing)
The Specially Adapted Housing Grant is available for veterans with certain disabilities to live in a home that is designed to accommodate their disability. The grant can be applied in a number of different ways:
It can be used to construct specially adapted housing on land that's currently owned.
The grant can be used to build an adapted home on land that has not yet been acquired.
It can be used to remodel an existing home.
And it can be applied retroactively against an unpaid principal mortgage balance if the adapted home was constructed, acquired, or already modified without assistance.
SHA Grant (Special Housing Adaptation)
The Special Housing Adaptation Grant is in place for veterans with certain disabilities to either buy or modify a home to better accommodate them. It can be used in a number of different capacities:
It can be used to help the veteran purchase an adapted home.
It can be used to adapt a home that the veteran or their family is looking to purchase.
It can be used to adapt a home that the veteran currently lives in.
Eligible Recipients
The SAH Grant and SHA Grant are options available to veterans who have sustained certain types of disabilities. For the SAH Grant to be eligible, the home must be owned by the veteran themselves, who would have received an injury that caused certain types of burns, loss of limbs, blindness, or organic disease. For SHA, the home must be owned by either the individual or a family member and the individual would have received certain types of burn injuries, loss of hands, blindness or near blindness, or certain types of respiratory injuries.
The Benefits
The amount that can be received by either the SHA or SAH is determined by law. The maximum for SAH in 2014 was $70,465, while the maximum in 2014 for SHA is $14,093. There's a maximum of three total grants that an individual can use.
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