Over the past 15 years, HUD has awarded over 60,000 vouchers to PHAs targeted to people with disabilities. Click here for more information about these vouchers and to locate them in your state.

 

On June 14, 2011 HUD published PIH Notice 2011-32, a critical document for ensuring the effective utilization of all NED vouchers. All PHAs will now be clear that, upon turnover, those vouchers must continue to be provided ONLY to non-elderly disabled households.

 

HUD recently launched a new website that provides all the information related to vouchers targeted to Non-Elderly Disabled persons (referred to as NED vouchers) in one place. Most importantly, the website provides a link to a list of PHAs and the number of NED vouchers that HUD has established as their “baseline” for meeting their obligations [click here (MS-Excel)].

 

NED Category 2 Vouchers

 

On January 6, 2011, HUD awarded 948 Housing Choice Vouchers to 28 Public Housing Agencies to assist non-elderly people with disabilities to transition from nursing homes and other health care institutions into the community (referred to as Category 2 vouchers in the NOFA).

 

HUD recently released Frequently Asked Questions related to NED Category 2 vouchers.

 

PHAs in 15 different states were awarded these vouchers, which require structured partnerships between PHAs and state-level Medicaid or health and human services agencies responsible for transitioning people from institutional settings into the community. Some of these state-level partnerships will leverage services made available to people with disabilities through the HHS Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Money Follows the Person (MFP) grant program.

 

To support these new PHA/State agency partnerships as well as other transition activities, HUD and HHS have launched the Housing Capacity Building Initiative for Community Living Project. The goal of this initiative is to assist individuals with disabilities and chronic conditions who are at risk of institutionalization or who currently receive care in institutional settings, to obtain appropriate community-based housing.

 

For more information:

• CMS Money Follows the Person TA

• CMS Housing Capacity Building Initiative for Community Living Resource Center

 

NED Category 1 Vouchers

 

On October 1, 2010, HUD awarded 4,300 new Housing Choice Vouchers for non-elderly people with disabilities (referred to as Category 1 vouchers in the NOFA). Click here for a list of PHAs that were awarded these vouchers.

 

HUD recently released Frequently Asked Questions related to NED vouchers.