Increasingly, self-directed individuals want to live in homes and communities of their own choosing, just like anyone else. There are thousands of available beds in certified homes that are unfilled as the group home model loses its relevance.

Not only is certified, congregate housing less and less relevant as a model, but it’s also unsustainably expensive to continue to fund and build. A 2015 NYSACRA study demonstrated that the cost to government of placing IDD individuals in settings too restrictive (and therefore too expensive) for their needs is $40M annually. These are funds that might otherwise be spent on support services, community workers and innovative programming.

We are working in partnership with innovative services agencies across New York State to develop our community-based housing portfolio. Residents can apply government subsidies toward rent and access other non-residential required services through our partners.

 And we’re doing it at a fraction of the cost of alternatives while generating investor return. So we can scale the model to provide homes to meet growing community need for the long-term.