Affiliations: Human Development Center (HDC), Louisiana State
University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC), LA 70119, USA | Neighborhood Housing Services of New Orleans, New
Orleans, LA, USA | Whitney National Bank
Note: [] For more information on this article, please contact Ms. Nancy
Robertson ([email protected]) at the Human Development Center, LSUHSC,
1100 Florida Avenue, Bldg. 119, New Orleans, LA 70119, USA. Tel.: +1 504 942
8188; Fax: +1 504 942 5908
Abstract: Affordable housing describes those programs and resources that
assist persons with low and moderate incomes in overcoming their barriers to
homeownership. Such programs include: specialized mortgage loan products,
homebuyer education and counseling programs, rehabilitation and remodeling of
properties, and the provision of financial subsidies to assist with down
payment and closing cost requirements. This article discusses the three levels
of partnerships rehabilitation professionals must develop with community
partners: (1) individual-to-individual; (2) organization-to-organization; and
(3) multi-organizational.
Keywords: affordable housing, community partners, homeownership for persons with disabilities
