HISA Grant

The Department of Veterans’ Affairs provides three types of grants for veterans to enable them to make home modifications to accommodate for disabilities connected to their military service or for disabilities resulting from aging.  These are the Home Improvements and Structural Alterations or HISA Grant, the Specially Adapted Housing or SAH Grant, and the Special Housing Adaptation or SHA Grant.  Of these three grants, the HISA Grant is the most appropriate for the elderly because the grant is not limited to those individuals with service-connected disabilities.

5 Things HISA Will cover
there are 3 types of grants you may qualify for

HISA GRANT

SAH GRANT

SHA GRANT

Your Options!

HISA GRANT

GRANTS UP TO $6,800 

HISA Grants offer financial resources to disabled veterans to make medically necessary modifications to their homes to improve access, mobility, and in particular, to facilitate use of the lavatory facilities. For instance, this grant may cover the addition of handrails, ramps and electrical outlets for installation of medical equipment, roll in showers, and widening of doorways. As mentioned before, the veteran’s disability does not have to be related to their military service. However, those whose disability is service-connected are eligible for a higher grant amount.

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SAH GRANT

GRANTS UP TO $85,645

SAH Grants, also referred to as 2101(a) Grants, provide financial resources to veterans for home modifications to make their place of residence wheelchair accessible. This grant can be used to build a specially adapted home or to remodel a current home. However, unlike the HISA Grant, this assistance is available only to veterans with service-connected disabilities that include the loss, or loss of function, in at least one of their legs, the loss, or loss of function, of both arms, or blindness in both eyes plus the loss of a leg or the functioning of a leg, or in certain conditions, severe burns.

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SHA Grant

GRANTS UP TO $17,130

SHA Grants, also known as 2101(b) Grants, are provided to service-related, disabled veterans to make home modifications necessary to allow them to continue to live independently despite blindness, the loss of use of their hands resulting from an injury sustained during their military service, some injuries resulting from serious burns, or some serious respiratory injuries. This grant can also be used to help an eligible person buy an existing home that has already been modified. 

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TRA GRANT

GRANT AMMOUNT VARIES

For veterans who will be residing in the home of a family member on a temporary basis, temporary grants, known as a Temporary Residence Adaptation (TRA) grants, are available.

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WHY DO I NEED A GRANT

TOP REASONS FOR A GRANT

Stairs

My home has stairs and I am not able to get up them any more.

Walk In Shower

I am having too much trouble getting in and out of the shower.

Sink

I need to wash my hands and brush my teeth but the sink is just too high.

Dialysis

My dialysis machine will not work because my plumbing and electrical are out dated.

Ramp

I am in a wheelchair now and my entrance has three steps, I would never be able to get to my door without a ramp.

Wider Doorways

Once you are wheelchair bound not all doorways are easy to get through.

Commode

We all have to go. Going sometimes seems more and more difficult because there is nothing to hold on to.

Kitchen

I love to cook but my kitchen counters and stove are too high to use.

Hand Rails

I cant keep holding onto the wall when I go down my steps some handrails would sure help.

Light Switch

My house needs to be rewired because the lightswitches are just to high to reach.

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adaptions

Get Your Independance Back

What an adaption could look like in your home!

Wheelchair Ramp 

Helps to get from your vehicle to your front door.

Adapted Bathroom

Lowered sinks, Walk in showers, Handrails for the commode, Folding shower seat.

Adapted Kitchen

Lowered countertops, Sinks,& Stove.

Hand Rails

Helps with stabilty to get up those couple of steps from your garage to your house.

Ramp For Your Sliding Door

Can help with getting to your back porch!

Wider Doorways

Allows you to get through to any room in the house.

The Reality

You have served our country now let us help you

With so many veterans affected by disability in the U.S., many turn to modifying their homes as a way to maintain independence and comfort. However, the possibilities of making a home more accessible can come with a steep price tag.

Substantial amounts of grant money are available to renovate a veteran's home where the veteran is significantly disabled.

The SAH, HISA, & SHA grant is designed to help disabled Veterans by providing a barrier-free living environment, such as a wheelchair accessible home, that affords Veterans a level of independent living they may not otherwise enjoy.

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andrew.wilson@hnnusa.org

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  1. Allowing entrance to or exit from the primary residence.
  2. Use of essential lavatory and sanitary facilities.
  3. Allowing accessibility to kitchen or bathroom sinks or counters.
  4. Improving entrance paths or driveways in immediate area of the home to facilitate access to the home through construction of permanent ramping.
  5. Improving plumbing or electrical systems made necessary due to installation of home medical equipment.
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