Parents of adult children with disabilities fill housing gap

With an affordable housing shortage in most major cities, finding homes that are disability-friendly makes a narrow pool even narrower. Mark Stapp, executive director of the Master of Real Estate Development, says parents are willing to wade through bureaucracy and compete for federal grants and other resources.

With an affordable housing shortage in most major cities, finding homes that are disability-friendly makes a narrow pool even narrower. Mark Stapp, executive director of the Master of Real Estate Development, says parents are willing to wade through bureaucracy and compete for federal grants and other resources.

In this story published Jan. 2, 2020, on The Associated Press:

Somebody with a disability doesn’t have the luxury of just accepting any available unit. It’s not just about a physical place. It’s about the programs that support those people’s lives.

– Mark Stapp, who is the executive director of the Master of Real Estate Development program and Fred E. Taylor Professor in Real Estate