Web Site Overview
This page offers a brief overview of the content on each page of this web
site.
The Essence of Accessibility
- Through pictures, this page takes a look at 6North in St. Louis, an exciting
array of eighty plus apartments that are universally designed to assist those
with physical challenges to enjoy community life…..A real life demonstration
in Missouri of the future of housing in America. There are also several articles
concerning accessible, usable and universal design to educate on these terms and
what they mean in housing.
Getting a Home of Your Own
- This page contains an array of articles from the "Missouri Home of Your
Own" project with helpful advice on housing and related supports: A Missouri
Perspective.
Rental Properties - A link is made
to a national site "rent.com" where one can find rental properties in any
zip code or locale in the United States.
Accessible Rental Properties
- This section of the site will be developed soon and will contain verified
properties for RENT across Missouri that meet specifications under the Americans
with Disabilities Act or Universal Design for accessibility. Pictures will
be provided of these properties along with clear property descriptions, verified
by accessibility experts.
Rental Property Basics - This
page provides an array of links to federal and Missouri websites that contain
rental property assistance. The website developers have tried to provide direct
links to the information to avoid frustrating redirection when seeking information.
Homes for Purchase - A link
is made to a national site "realtor.com" where one can find housing properties
for purchase in any zip code or locale in the United States.
Accessible Homes for Purchase
- This section of the site will be developed soon and will contain verified
properties for PURCHASE across Missouri that meet specifications under the
Americans with Disabilities Act or Universal Design for accessibility. Pictures
will be provided of these properties along with clear property descriptions,
verified by accessibility experts.
Home Ownership Basics - This
page provides an array of links to federal and Missouri websites that contain
housing purchase property assistance. The website developers have tried to
provide direct links to the information to avoid frustrating redirection when
seeking information.
Financing Programs - There are
a large number of United States and Missouri governmental programs that assist
individuals with low incomes with or without disabilities to obtain housing
in the community of their choice. This site seeks to provide a continuing
link to existing and new programs to provide monetary assistance to obtain
such housing.
Information on DisabilityInfo.gov
- This page provides a direct link to DisabilityInfo.gov which is a national
online resource for people with disabilities. It provides information on accessibility,
builder and provider resources, housing assistance, housing discrimination,
low-income housing tax credits, public housing, veterans and military community,
contacts and reference materials, emergency preparedness, and news archives.
This site provides a wealth of information on so many issues for people with
physical and mental challenges.
Neighborhood and Community
Info - It is important to know the community you live in or plan to move
to in terms of safety, cost, and does the community measure up to one's needs,
preferences, and desires. Within this site are Relocation Essentials: information
on cost of living comparisons, schools, community comparisons, salary analyzers,
crime reports, community explorers, move planners, calculators, and move network.
Housing Support Agencies
- This page provides links to key primary federal and Missouri housing assistance
agencies and secondary housing support agencies.
Public and Private Supports
- To live in a home of one's own may require supports and services from federal,
state or local agencies as well as private organizations. There are many such
organizations doing business in Missouri and this site seeks to link individuals
with physical and mental challenges to the people who can provide the necessary
services and supports complementary to the person living in a home of one's
own within a Missouri community.
Contact Us - This page provides contact
information for the developers of the site so you may submit comments,
recommendations and suggestions related to the web site.
