What Rental Assistance Is Available for Disabled Adults?

Many adult individuals who are living with disabilities are also on a fixed income, which means that they can only make so much money from either part-time work or Social Security Disability Income) or full SSDI benefits. The average partial SSDI disability payment in the United States averages about $1,358 and full SDDI disability is $3,345 per month. While that may sound like a good chunk of change, when you have to pay rent and cover all of your other expenses, you are really not getting all that much money each month to make ends meet.

That can mean that sometimes, individuals who are living on their own and have disabilities use SSDI, and can need some assistance paying their rent, especially if they fall upon a hard time like unexpected medical expenses or loss/reduction of part-time employment due to illness or COVID-19 or some other unforeseen circumstance.

Filling out these applications and asking for rental assistance can be challenging for many adults with intellectual or other disabilities. These disabilities may make filling out applications and paperwork challenging, if not impossible for them. DoNotPay is here to help individuals with disabilities simplify their application process. All we need is for you to put in some basic information, and we will pen a letter to the different agencies that you selected when you were looking for rental assistance. You will receive a response as soon as possible and the funds will be paid to your landlord or your rental collection agency if you qualify for payment assistance.

Rental Assistance for Disabled Adults:

There are several agencies that specialize in helping adults with disabilities ensure that they can pay their rent on a regular basis. Some of these agencies help specific states or geographic locations, and others are available to help disabled, low-income adults nationwide pay their rent. For example, Section 8 caps the rent charged to a disabled individual at 30% of their total income, whether they live as an individual or as part of a household or family. There is also a Section 811 program that is available for anyone with a very low income, or that has at least one severely disabled adult living in the house.

Regardless of your situation as an individual living with a disability, only about:

1. 15% of adults with any sort of disability have a bachelor's degree
2. about 20.1% of disabled individuals 16 and up are part of the workforce
3. Among the non-disabled population, about 68.6% of individuals are employed in some capacity by the age of 16.

These staggering numbers show why it is vital that we are giving those with disabilities the financial assistance they need to be independent and to be able to live a good quality of life. The good news is, there are many agencies that will help you ensure that your rent is paid and that you are able to keep a roof over your head, no matter what income level you may currently have.

Where Do I Apply for Rental Assistance as an Adult With a Disability?

Individuals with disabilities can apply to a variety of different programs to seek assistance with their rent-related expenses. Everyone deserves to live in a good, clean home that meets their needs and deserves to be secure in the place that they call home. The following agencies are some of the places that can help individuals with disabilities pay their rent when they fall on hard times:

These are all federal government agencies, and they are all closely linked by the US Department of Housing & Urban Development or HUD. These are specific programs for both general emergencies and those with disabilities who are seeking help with covering their emergency rental needs during a challenging financial time. Though how long does it takes to get a rental assistance varies the programs.

Who is Eligible for Rent Assistance as an Adult with a Disability?

If you have a disability, there is a high likelihood that you may be eligible for rental assistance when you fall on financially challenging hard times, or if you have a very low income. There is federal funding designated to help you afford your rent and to allow you to stay in your home despite challenging financial situations.

The following are some of the criteria you will need to meet in order to qualify for rental assistance as an adult with a disability:

• assistance will be based on the county you live in
• individuals living with one or more disabilities that make it harder for them to work and earn a full-time income
• receiving full or partial SSDI benefits may make you eligible for some housing assistance
• those living with families below 50% of the average area's median income are eligible for Section 811 housing assistance
• that who live within the income limits of the federal guidelines of "poverty" or "low income"
• those only working part-time or not working at all are often eligible for housing assistance

Generally, you will qualify if you fall into one of these given situations, and you will be able to qualify for enough assistance. That means you will not have to pay more than 30% of your income for rent each month. While the income levels will vary from state to state in some cases, if you fall within these parameters, you may be eligible for federal funding to assist you with your rent on a temporary or permanent basis, or in case of financial hardship.

How Long Will It Take To Get Rental Assistance?

In a general matter of speaking, if you apply to programs like Section 811 or other programs for adults with disabilities, you should start to receive funding within one or two weeks. Most applications will take at least a week to be processed, and sometimes maybe longer due to staffing limitations and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Many of these rental assistance programs will send payment directly to your landlord or the rental collection agencies on your behalf. You will likely not get a check for cashing or money sent to you. The money will go to pay for your housing directly.

How Do I Apply for Rental Assistance?

Generally speaking, if you wish to apply for rent assistance for an emergency, you will have to go through the aggravating process of filling out each and every rental assistance request form for each agency you want to apply to. For individuals with disabilities, filling out applications might be a hardship, or for some people, even impossible for them to know where to begin. Writing letters to ask for help is also challenging or not possible for many individuals that have one or more disabilities.

The process can be made much easier through the use of the tool offered by DoNotPay. DoNotPay offers a tool that allows you to fill out your information about your rental assistance requests once, and then we process the information and send it to all the various agencies that you specify at once, saving you the time and aggravation of having to fill out all of those forms on your own.

Solve Your Rental Assistance Problem With DoNotPay:

DoNotPay offers individuals with disabilities the ability to choose which agencies they wish to apply for rental assistance from. Complete 4 simple steps and we will send a letter to each agency you select, asking them to help you with your rental assistance All you have to do is provide us with some basic information and complete the following few, simple steps to get started:

1. Search for Rental Assistance on DoNotPay.

2. Put together a list of your income, debts, expenses, and assets. If you need help accessing information like your credit report, DoNotPay can help you get your report.

3. Let DoNotPay collect your basic information and compose a letter to your local housing authority requesting rental assistance.

4. Lastly, DoNotPay will send your letter to your local housing authority.

DoNotPay will immediately begin to send letters to the agencies that you are requesting rental assistance from, and we will work to get you every cent of rental assistance that you deserve as quickly as possible.

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