Accessible Housing Austin!

Accessible, Affordable, Integrated Housing in Austin, Texas

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AHA at Briarcliff, West view. A green and white three story apartment complex.
AHA at Briarcliff, West view

Sponsor one of the amenities at Briarcliff

A plaque will either be placed on or next to the item you sponsor. If you would like to sponsor an item you may donate through this website and contact Executive Director Trey Nichols at [email protected] (Opens in new Window) for plaque information.

ItemPrice
Security System (1 available)$50,000
Office (1 available)$20,000
Elevator Maintenance (1 year / 1 available)$15,000
Shed (1 available)$5,000
Montezuma Cypress Tree (7 available)$3,000
Mexican Sycamore Tree (3 available)$3,000
Texas Mountain Laurel Tree (3 available)$1,500
Mexican Plum Tree (3 available)$1,500
Bush (Large – 18 available)$40
Bush (Small – 20 available)$25
Personalized Brick (4×8)$45
Personalized Brick (8×8)$75

Buy a personalized brick to be placed in our rain gardens! polarengraving.com/aha

 

By making a donation to AHA, you:

  • Help a low-income person with a disability live in a safe, decent home
  • Facilitate the full integration of people with disabilities into the community
  • Provide housing for someone transitioning out of a nursing home or other institution
  • Create a more diverse and inclusive community

Support AHA!:

  • Direct a donation to support the accessibility, energy efficiency, and upkeep of an AHA! home
  • Donate a gift card from Home Depot, Lowes, Office Depot, Staples, etc.
  • Donate or will a home to AHA!

How Your Donations Work:

  • $50 helps AHA! purchase enough HVAC filters to keep a tenant’s home energy efficient for one year.
  • $100 helps AHA! add grab bars to make a bathroom more accessible.
  • $500 helps AHA! build a ramp.
  • $1,000 helps AHA! invest in purchasing and rehabilitating more homes.

“I was involved in housing many years ago and I’m just blown away. It’s not a prescriptive type of design where you feel like you’re in a hospital setting, I mean everything is integrated, it’s a universal design. It’s got aesthetics, you don’t have ramps, you have walkways, everything is integrated so it’s just very natural setting it’s just very warm, it’s very modern looking, it’s great.” –  Rick, AHA! Tenant

 

“The roll-in shower gives us a sense of independence and freedom and peace of mind knowing that we can function in this house freely…Housing is a basic implement in life and if people can’t afford it, they’re missing one of their fundamental rights…Without those opportunities for everyone, how can we truly be free? Let everyone have a chance at happiness and contentment and a feeling of belonging in their community.”

-Linda S., AHA! Tenant

 

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Accessible Housing Austin!
1915 Briarcliff Blvd, Ste 221
Austin, TX 78723
 

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.