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Published in 2002, "Housing Guides" is a 3-part publication whose purpose is to help people with disabilities who need housing.
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This guide is an in-depth look at housing issues facing people with disabilities. It shows that people with disabilities have difficulty obtaining housing primarily because housing is not affordable, not available, and not accessible.
The following provide additional information about housing.
This guide provides information useful to people who need housing, or to anyone who wants to help people who need housing.
This guide describes how to advocate to make housing more affordable, available, and accessible, with information and advocacy ideas.
This publication is one part of a 3-part publication entitled the "Housing Guides" ("The Report on Housing," "Information on Housing," and "Advocating for Housing"). The publications were funded through a grant from the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission through the Brain Injury Advisory Committee.
The Brain Injury Advisory Committee was created under Ohio law to advise the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission and the Brain Injury Program about the unmet needs of survivors of traumatic brain injury. The mission of the Brain Injury Advisory Committee is to reduce the incidence of traumatic brain injury, to influence public policy on behalf of persons with traumatic brain injury, and to promote a system of services and supports which facilitates healthy, personally productive, and satisfying lives within their communities for persons with traumatic brain injury.
The Ohio Legal Rights Service (OLRS) was created by statute in 1975 as an independent state agency mandated to advocate for and protect the rights of Ohioans with disabilities. OLRS has been designated by the Governor to provide protection and advocacy (P&A) services pursuant to various Federal program. The P&A system is a national, federally mandated system. Each state and territory of the United States has a designated agency which serves as its P&A. Ohio Legal Rights Service does not discriminate in provision of service or employment because of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, military service, disability, or age.
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