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Keep Austin Affordable-Disabled Advocates

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFNdY5eEUEs&feature=youtu.be KEYE Coverage of the Keep Austin Affordable support from advocates for the disabled. Story features Krystal Cates, a woman with Cerebral Palsy who gained affordable and accessible housing as a result of the 2006 City of Austin bond funding. … [Read more...]

Last year’s Season for Caring families have a lot to be thankful about today

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Last Thanksgiving, Tony Plunkett and his family were living in an unfinished house with one working bathroom, no carpet and no working kitchen sink. Curtis Dorrell lived in a broken pickup in the parking lot of a hardware store. Cherie Mitchell and her critically ill toddler, Cody, were close to being evicted. These were three of the families chosen to be part of last year's Season for … [Read more...]

Disabled daughters, elderly mother just want to be together

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Long ago, when she knew her twin daughters would never be able to live by themselves, Christine Sands made a promise: She would never take them from their home. Kathy and Linda Sands are now 43. They have cerebral palsy and spend most of their hours in modified hospital beds in a back bedroom with one window. But the face they see every morning is the same. Christine Sands, 72, … [Read more...]

Obituary for James “J.T.” Templeton: Longtime Advocate for those with Disabilities

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James "J.T." Templeton, born with cerebral palsy and housed for 30 years in a Texas mental institution, wished for an ordinary life. But his advocacy for those with disabilities made his life extraordinary, his friends said. Templeton died Monday . He was 59. "Working with him helped develop and open my eyes to the civil rights struggle that people with disabilities are fighting," said … [Read more...]

Accessible Housing Austin!

Accessible Housing Austin! was founded in 2005 by disability rights advocates who recognized that the scarcity of housing was a critical issue for people with disabilities.

Accessible Housing Austin! serves a diverse range of Austinites with disabilities, including adults and children with mobility impairments, visual impairment, chronic illness, and other physical and emotional disabilities.

AHA! is the only housing non-profit in Austin led by members of the disability community. 

Our mission is to provide affordable, accessible, integrated housing for low-income people with disabilities.

click images for a larger view AHA! at Briarcliff

AHA!’s scattered-site model allows our tenants be part of a neighborhood. Living in higher opportunity neighborhoods, they have access to shopping and public transportation; adults are close to community college, and children are close to good schools.

Our tenants actively participate in the life of the community: their children make friends with other children and their families enjoy neighborhood block parties.

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MISSION STATEMENT

AHA! (Accessible Housing Austin) believes that we all deserve to live in homes that are not only safe and decent, but that allow us to exercise our rights to independence and dignity, that we can afford, and that allow our families to participate in our neighborhoods. For AHA!, the home is supported by three pillars: Accessibility, Affordability, and Integration.

Affordability

Affordability = Security and Stability

Our tenants are primarily people with disabilities who would otherwise be priced out of the current housing market or forced to live in institutions. Our housing alleviates the negative effects of poverty and removes uncertainty; our tenants pay rent that is proportional to their incomes, and AHA! accepts rental assistance vouchers (Housing Choice, Tenant-Based Rental Assistance, etc).

AHA! at Briarcliff is Underway!

Thirty-six percent of renters in Austin are cost-burdened by increasing rents. The median rent in Austin is $1,434 for a two-bedroom apartment. AHA! at Briarcliff seeks to address this by offering affordable, one and two-bedroom units for low-income families. Expected rents range from $430 – $1,121 per month.

Our mission is to provide affordable, accessible, integrated housing for low-income people with disabilities.

A place to live that they can call home. A place that is integrated in society.

Make a Difference

Our mission is to provide affordable, accessible, integrated housing for low-income people with disabilities.

A place to live that they can call home. A place that is integrated in society.

Accessible Housing Austin! serves a diverse range of Austinites with disabilities, including adults and children with mobility impairments, visual impairment, chronic illness, and other physical and emotional disabilities.

AHA! is the only housing non-profit in Austin led by members of the disability community.