How IsYour Housing Authority Doing with Accessible Public Housing Units? Inform
Date Mailed: Thursday, May 25th 2006 09:41 AM
Category: Housing
Category: Housing
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How Is Your Housing Authority Doing with Accessible Public Housing Units?=20
Information Bulletin # 112 (5/06) =20
One Public Housing Authority and one Center for Independent Living have=20
recently reached a terrific written agreement to increase the number of acce=
ssible=20
public housing units. As many of you know, since 1988 HUD has required each=
=20
Housing Authority to have "a minimum" of five percent of its total units ful=
ly=20
accessible for persons with mobility and physical impairments (i.e., in=20
compliance with the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards) and another one=
percent=20
accessible for hearing impairments and for visual impairments.
Specifically, after more than two years of negotiating, Access Center for=20
Independent Living and the Dayton (Ohio) Public Housing Authority have reach=
ed a=20
written agreement and entered a "partnership." In it, the HA agreed :
1. to allocate $2.8 million to make 29 units fully accessible by 2007;
2. to allocate funds to bring another 73 units "into full compliance;"
3. over the next five years, to build or convert at least 18 additional=20
units;
4. to "work in partnership" with ACIL to ensure that the HA is properly=20
housing persons' with disabilities;
5. "to =E2=80=98overhouse' clients in order to maximize the use of accessib=
le=20
features for an applicant with a disability who needs an accessible unit;"
6. to ensure that nondisabled persons residing in accessible units are=20
transferred so that disabled people can reside in the accessible units;=20
7. to acknowledge that "ACIL was critical to the development" of the HA s'=20
"recently completed Section 504 Transition Plan that addresses the needs of=20
residents and applicants with disabilities " and
8. For PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN NURSING HOMES WILL BE CONSIDERED AS=
=20
HOMELESS, AND THEREFORE ARE AT THE TOP OF THE PREFERENCE/PRIORITY LIST.=20
Congratulations ACIL! If you want to know how ACIL accomplished this, you=20
can telephone Alan Cochran, E.D., 937-341-5202.
How many of your Housing Authorities are in compliance with the minimum=20
"5%/2%" Section 504 civil rights mandate? We now have data available from t=
he=20
Census Report "Americans with Disabilities: 2002" and HUD's CHAS website tha=
t=20
shows the need for accessible public housing units well above "5%/2%" minim=
um!!!=20
Have any of you requested this increase?
Listed below by State are a list of the larger Housing Authorities (primaril=
y=20
those with more than 1000 total units). We calculated the approximate numbe=
r=20
of their total housing units that should be accessible, meet the Uniform=20
Federal Accessibility Standards and should have persons residing in them who=
=20
require the accessibility features. =20
QUESTIONS FOR DISABILITY ADVOCATES:=20
How is your HA doing? =20
Does your HA have the required number of UFAS accessible units? =20
Do you know where the UFAS accessible units are located by street address? =20
Do you know if people with disabilities reside in these UFAS accessible=20
units? =20
Without answers to these questions, you cannot know if the Rehabilitation=20
Act's Section 504 civil rights for persons with disabilities are implemented=
.
Number of Accessible Units By State and Local HA
AK- Anchorage 67 UFAS Accessible Units
AL - Birmingham 289 UFAS Accessible Units; Mobile 203 UFAS Accessible=20
Units; Anniston 69; Montgomery 163
AR - North Little Rock 54; Little Rock 64
AZ - Phoenix 131; Tucson 77
CA - San Francisco 320; Monterey Park 148; Oakland 166; Los Angeles 371;=20
Sacromento City 104; Sacromento County 53; Fresno 47; Martinez 53; Belmont 5=
7;=20
San Bernardino 87; Fresno 50; San Diego 68 =20
CO - Denver 192; Pueblo 48
CT- Bridgeport 124; Norwalk 41; Hartford 72; New Haven 154; New Brittain 40;=
=20
Stamford 44
DE- Wilmington 102;Dover 26
FL- Jacksonville 135; Tampa 187; Orlando 72
GA- Augustin 134; Savannah 121; Athens 68; Columbus 83; Atlanta 523; Macon=20
104; Albany 61
HI - Honolulu 275
IL- East St. Louis 107; Chicago 1399; Peoria 67; Springfield 55; Decatur 55;=
=20
Ottawa 48; Rockford 104; Joilet 57; Cook County 104; Belleville 51
IN- Gary 116; New Albany 41; Evansville 54; Indianapolis 91; Terre Haute 43;=
=20
East Chicago 40
LA- New Orleans - unknown at present.
KS- Kansas City 103; Topeka 32; Witchita 29
KY- Louisville 269; Lexington 68; Paducah 44
LA- Shreveport 52; Baton Rouge 55; Monroe 77; Lake Charles 42
MA- Lowell 82; Boston 592; Cambridge 98; Fall River 78; New Bedford 82;=20
Lawrence 53, Worcester 109; Malden 46; Brockton 62
MD- Annapolis 55; Baltimore 726; Kensington 78; Hagerstom 54
ME- Portland 57
MI- Detroit 208; Flint 62; Inkster 41
MN- St Paul 213; Minneapolis 348; Duluth 55
MO- St Louis 205; Kansas City 107
MS- Meridian 54; Corinth 60; Fulfort 80
NC- Wilmington 64; Raleigh 80; Charlotte 178; Kinston 40; High Point 56;=20
Ashville 77; Fayetteville 52; Greensboro 115; Winston-Salem 96; Durham 98;=20
Goldsboro 61; Salisbury 52
ND- Fargo 29; Bismark 16
NE- Omaha 141
NH- Manchester 58; Nashur 33
NJ- Newark 425; Elizabethtown 60; North Bergan 49; Jersey City 98; Camden 91=
;=20
Bayonne 68; Atlantic City 85; Hoboken 68; Paterson 90
NM- Alburquerque 58
NV- Las Vegas 48; Reno 38
NY- Syracuse 117; Buffalo 215; Yonkers 130; New York City 8,025; Utica 49;=20
Albany 82; Troy 64; Schenectady 52; Rochester 125; Uniondale 65; Plainview 4=
6
OH- Columbus 189; Youngstown 79; Cleveland 506; Cincinnati 311' Dayton 185;=20
Toledo 158; Akron 231; Warren 69; Porsmouth 44; Loraine 73; Steubenville 40;=
=20
Hamilton 66; Canton 128
OK- Oklahoma City 157
OR- Portland 117
PA- Pittsburgh 360; Philadelphia 839; Scranton 66; Allentown 72;=20
McKeesport 53; Allegheny County 196; Harrisburg 88; Erie 93; Bethlaham 73; R=
eading 81;=20
Uniontown 79; Beaver 90; Greensburg 97; Johnstown 83; York 55; New Castle 45=
;=20
Dunmore 57
RI- Povidence 130; Pawtucket 56; Noonscoket 65; Newport 44
SC- Charlestown 69; Columbia 86; Spartanburg 59; Greenville 48; Laurens 69
TN- Memphis 231; Johnson City 38; Knoxville 188; Chattanooga 164; Nashville=20
265; Jackson 43; La Follette 58
TX- Austin 96; El Paso 301; Fort Worth 113; Houston 331; Brownsville 50;=20
Corpus Christi 92; Dallas 233; Waco 45; Laredo 48; Galveston 49
UT- Salt Lake City 32
VG- Portsmouth 57; Newport News 108; Alexandria 45; Norfolk 179; Richmond=20
212; Roanoke 69; Fairfax 53;
WA- Seattle 264; King County 150; Brenerton 30; Tacoma 62
WI- Milwakee 220; Madison 38
WV- Charleston 68; Huntington 46
=20
Steve Gold, The Disability Odyssey continues
Back issues of other Information Bulletins are available online at=20
http://www.stevegoldada.com=20
with a searchable Archive at this site divided into different subjects. To=20
contact Steve Gold directly, write to stevegoldada@cs.com =20
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=3D"SANSSERIF" FACE=3D"Arial" LANG=3D"0">How Is Your Housing Authority Doing=
with Accessible Public Housing Units? Information Bulletin # 112 (5/06) =20=
<BR>
<BR>
One Public Housing Authority and one Center for Independent Living have rece=
ntly reached a terrific written agreement to increase the number of accessib=
le public housing units. As many of you know, since 1988 HUD has requi=
red each Housing Authority to have "a minimum" of five percent of its total=20=
units fully accessible for persons with mobility and physical impairments (i=
.e., in compliance with the Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards) and ano=
ther one percent accessible for hearing impairments and for visual impairmen=
ts.<BR>
<BR>
Specifically, after more than two years of negotiating, Access Center for In=
dependent Living and the Dayton (Ohio) Public Housing Authority have reached=
a written agreement and entered a "partnership." In it, the HA=20=
agreed :<BR>
<BR>
1. to allocate $2.8 million to make 29 units fully accessible by 2007;<BR>
2. to allocate funds to bring another 73 units "into full compliance;"<BR>
3. over the next five years, to build or convert at least 18 additional uni=
ts;<BR>
4. to "work in partnership" with ACIL to ensure that the HA is properly hou=
sing persons' with disabilities;<BR>
5. "to =E2=80=98overhouse' clients in order to maximize the use of accessib=
le features for an applicant with a disability who needs an accessible unit;=
"<BR>
6. to ensure that nondisabled persons residing in accessible units are tran=
sferred so that disabled people can reside in the accessible units; <BR>
7. to acknowledge that "ACIL was critical to the development" of the HA s'=20=
"recently completed Section 504 Transition Plan that addresses the needs of=20=
residents and applicants with disabilities " and<BR>
8. For PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN NURSING HOMES WILL BE CONSIDERED AS=
HOMELESS, AND THEREFORE ARE AT THE TOP OF THE PREFERENCE/PRIORITY LIST. <BR=
>
<BR>
Congratulations ACIL! If you want to know how ACIL accomplished this,=20=
you can telephone Alan Cochran, E.D., 937-341-5202.<BR>
<BR>
How many of your Housing Authorities are in compliance with the minimum "5%/=
2%" Section 504 civil rights mandate? We now have data available from=20=
the Census Report "Americans with Disabilities: 2002" and HUD's CHAS website=
that shows the need for accessible public housing units well above "5=
%/2%" minimum!!! Have any of you requested this increase?<BR>
<BR>
Listed below by State are a list of the larger Housing Authorities (primaril=
y those with more than 1000 total units). We calculated the approximat=
e number of their total housing units that should be accessible, meet the Un=
iform Federal Accessibility Standards and should have persons residing in th=
em who require the accessibility features. <BR>
<BR>
QUESTIONS FOR DISABILITY ADVOCATES: <BR>
<BR>
How is your HA doing? <BR>
Does your HA have the required number of UFAS accessible units? =20=
<BR>
Do you know where the UFAS accessible units are located by street address?&n=
bsp; <BR>
Do you know if people with disabilities reside in these UFAS accessible unit=
s? <BR>
<BR>
Without answers to these questions, you cannot know if the Rehabilitation Ac=
t's Section 504 civil rights for persons with disabilities are implemented.<=
BR>
<BR>
Number of Accessible Units By State and Local HA<BR>
<BR>
AK- Anchorage 67 UFAS Accessible Units<BR>
AL - Birmingham 289 UFAS Accessible Units; Mobile 203 UFAS Accessible Uni=
ts; Anniston 69; Montgomery 163<BR>
AR - North Little Rock 54; Little Rock 64<BR>
AZ - Phoenix 131; Tucson 77<BR>
CA - San Francisco 320; Monterey Park 148; Oakland 166; Los Angeles 371;=20=
Sacromento City 104; Sacromento County 53; Fresno 47; Martinez 53; Belmont 5=
7; San Bernardino 87; Fresno 50; San Diego 68 <BR>
CO - Denver 192; Pueblo 48<BR>
CT- Bridgeport 124; Norwalk 41; Hartford 72; New Haven 154; New Brittain 40;=
Stamford 44<BR>
DE- Wilmington 102;Dover 26<BR>
FL- Jacksonville 135; Tampa 187; Orlando 72<BR>
GA- Augustin 134; Savannah 121; Athens 68; Columbus 83; Atlanta 523; Macon 1=
04; Albany 61<BR>
HI - Honolulu 275<BR>
IL- East St. Louis 107; Chicago 1399; Peoria 67; Springfield 55; Decatur 55;=
Ottawa 48; Rockford 104; Joilet 57; Cook County 104; Belleville 51<BR>
IN- Gary 116; New Albany 41; Evansville 54; Indianapolis 91; Terre Haute 43;=
East Chicago 40<BR>
LA- New Orleans - unknown at present.<BR>
KS- Kansas City 103; Topeka 32; Witchita 29<BR>
KY- Louisville 269; Lexington 68; Paducah 44<BR>
LA- Shreveport 52; Baton Rouge 55; Monroe 77; Lake Charles 42<BR>
MA- Lowell 82; Boston 592; Cambridge 98; Fall River 78; New Bedford=
82; Lawrence 53, Worcester 109; Malden 46; Brockton 62<BR>
MD- Annapolis 55; Baltimore 726; Kensington 78; Hagerstom 54<BR>
ME- Portland 57<BR>
MI- Detroit 208; Flint 62; Inkster 41<BR>
MN- St Paul 213; Minneapolis 348; Duluth 55<BR>
MO- St Louis 205; Kansas City 107<BR>
MS- Meridian 54; Corinth 60; Fulfort 80<BR>
NC- Wilmington 64; Raleigh 80; Charlotte 178; Kinston 40; High Point 56; Ash=
ville 77; Fayetteville 52; Greensboro 115; Winston-Salem 96; Durham 98; Gold=
sboro 61; Salisbury 52<BR>
ND- Fargo 29; Bismark 16<BR>
NE- Omaha 141<BR>
NH- Manchester 58; Nashur 33<BR>
NJ- Newark 425; Elizabethtown 60; North Bergan 49; Jersey City 98; Camden 91=
; Bayonne 68; Atlantic City 85; Hoboken 68; Paterson 90<BR>
NM- Alburquerque 58<BR>
NV- Las Vegas 48; Reno 38<BR>
NY- Syracuse 117; Buffalo 215; Yonkers 130; New York City 8,025; Utica 49; A=
lbany 82; Troy 64; Schenectady 52; Rochester 125; Uniondale 65; Plainview 46=
<BR>
OH- Columbus 189; Youngstown 79; Cleveland 506; Cincinnati 311' Dayton 185;=20=
Toledo 158; Akron 231; Warren 69; Porsmouth 44; Loraine 73; Steubenville 40;=
Hamilton 66; Canton 128<BR>
OK- Oklahoma City 157<BR>
OR- Portland 117<BR>
PA- Pittsburgh 360; Philadelphia 839; Scranton 66; Allentown 72; McKeesp=
ort 53; Allegheny County 196; Harrisburg 88; Erie 93; Bethlaham 73; Reading=20=
81; Uniontown 79; Beaver 90; Greensburg 97; Johnstown 83; York 55; New Castl=
e 45; Dunmore 57<BR>
RI- Povidence 130; Pawtucket 56; Noonscoket 65; Newport 44<BR>
SC- Charlestown 69; Columbia 86; Spartanburg 59; Greenville 48; Laurens 69<B=
R>
TN- Memphis 231; Johnson City 38; Knoxville 188; Chattanooga 164; Nashville=20=
265; Jackson 43; La Follette 58<BR>
TX- Austin 96; El Paso 301; Fort Worth 113; Houston 331; Brownsville 5=
0; Corpus Christi 92; Dallas 233; Waco 45; Laredo 48; Galveston 49<BR>
UT- Salt Lake City 32<BR>
VG- Portsmouth 57; Newport News 108; Alexandria 45; Norfolk 179; Richmond 21=
2; Roanoke 69; Fairfax 53;<BR>
WA- Seattle 264; King County 150; Brenerton 30; Tacoma 62<BR>
WI- Milwakee 220; Madison 38<BR>
WV- Charleston 68; Huntington 46<BR>
<BR>
Steve Gold, The Disability Odyssey continues<BR>
<BR>
Back issues of other Information Bulletins are available online at http://ww=
w.stevegoldada.com <BR>
with a searchable Archive at this site divided into different subjects. =
; To contact Steve Gold directly, write to stevegoldada@cs.com <BR>
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