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* Identify people with disabilities who desire to move to more integrated housing, the barriers involved, and the resources needed to increase the use of effective best practices. * Increase the amount of affordable housing opportunities created. p Increase housing options that promote choice and access to integrated settings. * Increase access toinformation about housing options. • Actively promote and encourage providers to implement best -practices and person - centered strategies related to housing. Housing affordability is a particularly important issue for people with disabilities. More than half of households with disabilities in the region experience housing cost burden, compared to one-third of h0uS8h0|dS without diS8bi|iti8S.5' Because 0fthe typically |0vv income of households with one or more members with disabilities, publicly funded housing often connects housing investments and people with disabilities. For example, inthe n8gi0n\s project -based Section 8 properties, 20% of units are occupied by households with a non - elderly person with a disability." Similarly, 20% of people in the region\a households with a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher have a disability. In public housing, the rate is even higher, with one-third of public housing residents having a diaabi|ity.53The disproportionate residency of people with disabilities in publicly -subsidized housing results from several factors, including: * The high rate of poverty for persons with adisability; p A |8Ck of 8CC8SSib|8 or highly 8ff0[d8b|8 units provided by the private market; * Possible discrimination faced by households inthe private market. When subsidized affordable units are rehabilitated ormodernized, accessibility features are often included to comply with federal and state statutes and to improve the living experience for tenants with disabilities. When new properties are constructed, public entities, including the State Building Code, require that a specified percentage bedesigned to accommodate people with disabilities. Another common requirement iathat the recipient of funding affirmatively markets the units toprospective tenants with The challenges ofsecuring housing are even more difficult for people with disabilities who are unable towork and who depend onSupplemental Security Income. (Using the standard that household shouldn't pay more than Figure 24: Metro Mobility Service Area Metro Mobility Service Area County Boundaries City and | . ^wox Township ` | � *swwsPIw A-1h v .,. ~ 20 ,I's ' u^xoTA� � HOUSING POLICY PLAN FOUR: Opportunities for Collaboration