A housing strategy referred to as "supportive housing" or "integrated supportive housing" is creating affordable and market rate apartment complexes in which a percentage of the units are set aside for adults who have intellectual and developmental disabilities (or I/DD).
An inevitable and heartbreaking question haunts every parent of a person with special needs: “What will happen to my child when I’m gone?” Integrated supportive housing enables adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities to live on their own — with help when needed.
The new articles featured above are an extension of an award-winning series we published in 2021 about older parents seeking safe and lasting housing solutions for their adult children with special needs. The titles are listed and linked below.
