All resources Disability Housing Preference

If your patient is interested in applying for subsidized housing, then this resource could be very helpful for them. It is challenging to obtain very low-income housing in this country, and the waiting lists are often very long. Some buildings only accept applicants with documented disabilities, and others give preference to disabled applicants. 

Thus, if an individual is deemed disabled by the federal government (i.e. they are in receipt of either SSI or SSDI), they have relatively more options for properties and the waitlists tend to be relatively shorter. However, you may have a patient who is not in receipt of SSI or SSDI but who you, as a healthcare provider, believe to be functionally disabled.

If you fill out this form for your patient, and they turn it in with every application they submit for subsidized/public housing, they will be placed on disabled lists and thus will likely gain access to subsidized housing much more quickly than if you had not filled out this form for them.