VA’s Adapted Housing Grants for Disabled Veterans: Make Yourself at Home

Housing Grant for Disabled Veterans

If you know a veteran or his family who could benefit by adapting a home to accommodate their disability, here are some options to share with them:

The Veterans' Administration provides grants to Servicemembers and Veterans with certain permanent and total service-connected disabilities to help purchase or construct an adapted home, or modify an existing home to accommodate a disability. Two grant programs exist: the Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) grant and the Special Housing Adaptation (SHA) grant. A third,

Temporary Residence Adaptation (TRA) Grant

A third, but temporary grant may be available to SAH/SHA eligible Veterans and Service members who are or will be temporarily residing in a home owned by a family member.

The TRA grant will not be deducted from the total grant funds available to a Veteran or Servicemember

The TRA grant will be deducted from one of the three usages available to the Veteran or Servicemember

The maximum amount available to adapt a family member's home for the SAH grant is $37,597 and for the SHA grant is $6,713

Eligibility

If you are a Service member or Veteran with a permanent and total service-connected disability, you may be entitled to a Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) grant or a Special Housing Adaptation (SHA) grant. To check your eligibility, or for more information go to: https://www.benefits.va.gov/homeloans/adaptedhousing.asp