Helping the disabled find housing
Finding an affordable home isn't easy. Now imagine finding a place to live if you have a developmental or intellectual disability. Despite that challenge, Hunter Sargent and his wife, Holly, achieved the dream of homeownership three years ago.
"That's the first rule in a marriage you know if you don't have to you don't want to live with your in--laws," said Hunter Sargent.
For Sargent, achieving homeownership was more challenging than for most people.
"I have fetal alcohol syndrome and growing up with that people said that, 'oh, they're not going to be able to get married, they're not going to be able to drive, they're not going to be able to do anything,'" he said.
But Sargent was determined. He wants others to know that if he can do it, so can they. That's why he was a panelist at a recent forum on housing for people with developmental disabilities. ARC Greater Twin Cities hosted the forum in Brooklyn Center to help people learn about the options.
"We're bringing together a variety of different people to learn more about funding resources about community resources and about affordable housing options," ARC spokesperson Deb Reisner said.
In the metro area, the average one-bedroom apartment can consume up to 94 percent of a person's social security disability income.
"Which doesn't leave much for food and all the other things that we all need," said Reisner.
Hunter and Holly Sargent want people to know that there are resources to help with housing issues.
"I hope to tell people and parents that you know, their son or daughter or child, that their loved one with a disability can be successful like us," Hunter Sargent said. "For every I can't or every I won't there's an I can and an I will. I feel like not just Hunter Sargent a man with fetal alcohol syndrome. I feel like Hunter Sargent a strong community leader."
ARC hopes this will be the first in a series of forums to help people with housing solutions for people with disabilities. For more information go to www.arcgreatertwincities.org.
Neil Pursley, reporting
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So true I can relate to this!!
There is no hope, you have to be truly luck to get a crappy little place and live even less than anyone else no matter how much you struggle with life already.
I am in the cityof Philadelphia PA how can obtain more infomation about this program.
I'm moving out of ramsey Co areas. And I shouldn't have move to Dakota Co for a long time ago when they were not a bad person who is disabled ♿ people in a good relationship with their actions friends with their actions of neighbors who can be trusted to be a part in their own personal care.
Well good evening all! Hope all is well. Would someone be able to help me move to Florida!? 🤔👍💯 I am psysically disabled an I also use a cane...
Congrats
How can I get my apartment with housing
Well afternoon all! Hope all is well... OK I AM NOT A ROBOT!!! I am a real psysical person... Ok... I'm really hoping to be out on my own mid to late this year!!? 🤔😏😌🤓💯
Rents in. ohio is so high. Lower rent is 675 to 950 to high rent is 1400 in ohio .and i am on disability income me and one year old child live on the street in a tent for 6 month now .cant live on 500 month disability income on .we will never have a real home .
@mtaye1969
3 жыл бұрын
Only 500?? Why so low
@justme69LoyalLove143
3 жыл бұрын
Im so sorry for you situation. I am stuck in a stale marriage and cant leave because I will be homeless
I NEED HELP IM GOI G TO BE HOMELESS IM SUPOSEX TO MO VE BY MAY AND I DONT EVEN HAVE NO MO EY BECAUSE I'm ping rent to the place I'm living and I do not HAVE 1st or deposit rent just havs ssi every month I still am under section 8 also
I'm in Seminole county Sanford fl. I'm in desperate need of 2 bdm housing for my niece. and I since her mother passed away last month.. I'm on SSi. And need assist. With Rent
Trump wants to destroy these kinds of programs.I hope that this gentleman and his wife are doing o.k. and will make it.To be humane and fair we need these kind of programs because we all have basic human rights.
@missnotofthisworld7469
7 жыл бұрын
Yes Hot Donald! You and Hot Melania! Have Fun and Shake your Trump Rump with Melania on the Dance Floor! Take it easy and slow down some.
@chrisf6037
6 жыл бұрын
It is time we have housing ownership opportunities for disabled individuals and thier families, such as VA loans on steroids, with even lower interest rates, downpayment assistance. No more section 8 for the disabled, it is meant for low income individuals that are not disabled.
@jessicarabbit7178
6 жыл бұрын
Miss Not Of This World. ....EXACTLY RIGHT!!👍👍
@sagegarden1787
5 жыл бұрын
unbelievably wrong. missed out on brains too
@valariousv7697
4 жыл бұрын
20TRUMP20
Well good evening everyone! Hope all is well... Could someone help someone who's psysically disabled an also uses a cane... 💯😌😏
Hmm, my internet is slower then their IQs.
Well good evening all! Hope all is well. Would someone be interested in helping someone who's psysically disabled an uses a cane "move to Florida!? 🤔
Me too I hope that trump don't destroy these programs.because there are people that rely on it.
So wen are Thay going to get aids that can teach home life skills wen going back home from rehab or nursing home care for disabled adults and stigmatizing them well let's start building more new apartments for disabled vaneble adults with centers on the complex it will safe a lot more money if you have a center for medical life skills art classes well disability trained social worker on site and jobs Thay can do not all disability are can go back to work but give them training to live independent living not nursing or care homes for profet real solutions big companies that want to solve a lot of issues ...