Housing

The Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) provides an explanation of the range of housing options here: https://opwdd.ny.gov/types-services/housing

ACHIEVE offers supervised apartments, supervised residences, and supported apartments in Tioga County: https://www.achieveny.org/services/residential-services/

Community Options provides housing services in the Tioga County area: https://www.comop.org/about-us/our-offices/new-york/#servicesoffered

Tioga Opportunities provides housing services in the Tioga County area: https://tiogaopp.org/

https://tiogaopp.org/apartments-for-rent/

Unity House, Ithaca: https://www.unityhouse.com/programsservices.html

WHAT ARE FAMILIES DOING IN OTHER AREAS TO PROVIDE HOUSING? https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/housing/info-2021/parents-creating-communities-for-adult-children-with-special-needs.html?

INFORMATION ABOUT FINANCING A MORTGAGE: https://themortgagereports.com/31507/best-programs-for-getting-a-mortgage-with-a-disability

DID YOU KNOW? There are 556 individuals with Intellectual and/or Developmental Disabilities (IDD) who are registered with the Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD) and live in Tioga County. Eighty-one of these individuals (15%) live in one of 18 available certified settings. That mean that 85% live in non-certified settings; usually this mean living at home with their parents. (2021)