Archive for the tag 'Housing'

Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) accounts are now available in New Jersey. This is a positive development, but ABLE accounts are not singular tools for long-term financial and benefits planning for a person with a disability. Due to the various limitation of ABLE accounts, it will typically be much more advantageous for families to create a special needs trust, particularly for inheritances.

The New Jersey Department of Community Affairs announced an enrollment period for SRAP. The enrollment period begins on March 6, 2017 and 10:00 a.m. and ends on March 10, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.

The Supportive Housing Association of New Jersey (SHA) is organizing a campaign known as “Opening 1000 Doors.” This campaign seeks to encourage the New Jersey Legislature to add funds to the Administration’s budget sufficient to provide housing vouchers to 1000 individuals with disabilities. Please sign the petition.