United States Department of Veterans Affairs
1.
The Specially Adapted Housing
Grant
Veterans who have specific
service related disabilities may apply for a grant from the Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA) to build a new home or modify an existing home
to meet the veteran's needs. There is no time limit or deadline
for applying for the specially adapted housing benefit. An eligible
veteran may receive a VA grant of not more than 50% of the cost up to
a maximum of $48,000.
An eligible veteran can use
the grant in any of the following ways:
- to build a home on land
to be acquired for that purpose.
- to build a home on land
already owned if it is suitable.
- to modify an existing home
if it can be made suitable.
- to pay for part of the
cost of the specially adapted home or new modifications.
Eligibility
The grant is available
to veterans with service-connected, permanent, and total disability due
to one of the three following conditions:
- the loss of use of both
legs or,
- blindness in both eyes,
plus loss of use of one leg or,
- the loss of use of one
leg together with (1) a disease or injury, or (2) the loss of use of
one arm, and the veteran is not able to use braces, crutches, canes,
or a wheelchair.
2. Home Improvementand Structural Alterations
(HISA)
An eligible veteran
may be entitled to the HISA benefit that has a maximum limitation of $4,100
for a service-connected disability and $1,200 for a non-service-connected
disability. A veteran may not be eligible for both benefits. The
Prosthetics and Sensory Aids Service at the Veterans' Administration (VA)
health care facility administer this fund.
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