Special Needs Housing: Housing for Persons with Special Needs
Recognizes programs, other than those focused primarily on combating homelessness, that best provide affordable housing and services for persons with special needs.
Note: Individual developments are not eligible for an award.
Judging Criteria
Special Needs Housing entries will be judged on the degree to which they:
- Are innovative
- Are replicable
- Respond to an important state housing need
- Demonstrate measurable benefits to HFA targeted customers
- Have a proven track record of success in the marketplace
- Provide benefits that outweigh costs
- Demonstrate effective use of resources
- Effectively employ partnerships
- Achieve strategic objectives
If you have questions, please email awards@ncsha.org or call 202-624-7710.
2018 Winner
Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority
2018 Entries
Alaska Housing Finance Corporation:
Moving to Work: Serving Low-Income Alaskans
MTW: Working in partnership to provide support to increase housing opportunities to vulnerable Alaskans.
Illinois Housing Development Authority:
Permanent Supportive Housing Development Program
A capacity-building loan program supports smaller developments and a range of supportive housing options.
Indiana Housing and Community Development Authority:
An HFA Responds to the Opioid Crisis
The blueprint for how an HFA can effectively respond to the opioid crisis.
Kentucky Housing Corporation:
Scholar House at Riverport – From Foster Care to College Degree
A successful program that has been adapted to provide housing and self-sufficiency for young people.
MaineHousing:
Safe House for Victims of Human Trafficking
The development of a Safe House where victims of human trafficking can receive emergency housing, crisis intervention, and case management services.
Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development:
New Futures Bridge Subsidy Program
A rental subsidy program for youth aging out of foster care and sex crime survivors.
MassHousing:
Housing Protections for Domestic Violence Survivors
MassHousing’s efforts to support domestic violence survivors through business partner training and emergency housing access.
Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency:
First Occupancy Initiative: An Affirmative Marketing Strategy for Accessible Rental Housing
Utilizing staff and partnerships to fill accessible units with those who need the features.
