Disability Housing Grants for Veterans

Disability Housing Grants for Veterans
There are three types of housing grants available for veterans or service members with a service-connected disability, each with different eligibility requirements.

1. Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) Grant
The SAH grant provides up to $109,986 (FY 2023) to buy, build, or modify your permanent home – a home you plan to live in for a long time. To get an SAH grant you must own (or will own) the home and have a qualifying service-connected disability, such as:

• The loss or loss of use of more than one limb
• The loss or loss of use of a lower leg along with the residuals (lasting effects) of an organic (natural) disease or injury
• Blindness in both eyes (with 20/200 visual acuity or less)
• Certain severe burns
• The loss, or loss of use, of one lower extremity (foot or leg) after September 11, 2001, which makes it so you can’t balance or walk without the help of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair.*

*Note: Only 120 Veterans and service members each fiscal year (FY) can qualify for a grant based on the loss of one extremity after September 11, 2001, as set by Congress. A fiscal year runs from October 1 through September 30. If you qualify for a grant in the current fiscal year but you can’t receive it because of the 120-grant limit, you may be able to receive this benefit in future years.

2. Special Home Adaptation (SHA) Grant
The SHA grant provides up to $22,036 (FY 2023) to buy, build, or change your permanent home as long as you or a family member own or will own the home, and you have a qualifying service-connected disability such as:

• The loss or loss of use of both hands
• Certain severe burns
• Certain respiratory or breathing injuries

Note: If you’re eligible for an SAH or SHA grant, you can use money from your grant up to 6 different times over your lifetime. Depending on the adaptations you need, and the bid from your builder, you can use as much or as little of your grant as you need this year. If you don’t use the full amount, you can use more money from the grant in future years. The Veteran’s Administration may adjust the total maximum amount each year based on the cost of construction. You may receive up to the current total maximum amount for the last year you use the grant.

3. Temporary Residence Adaptation (TRA) grant
If you qualify for an SAH or SHA grant and are living temporarily in a family member’s home that needs changes to meet your needs, you may be able to get a Temporary Residence Adaptation (TRA) grant. To use a Temporary Residence Adaptation (TRA) grant, you don’t have to own the house.

If you qualify for an SAH grant, you can get up to $44,299 through the TRA grant program for FY 2023.
If you qualify for an SHA grant, you can get up to $7,910 through the TRA grant program for FY 2023.

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