26-4555 Application In Acquiring Specially Adapted Housing or Special Home Adaptation Grant This form may be mailed to: VA Regional Office Attn: SAH Agent 275 Chestnut St. Manchester, NH 03101 Real Estate Tax Exemptions offered by the New England States Contact Our SAH Agent Home Page

THE SPECIALLY ADAPTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM Certain veterans with specific service-connected disabling conditions may be entitled to a grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs for purposes of constructing a new specially adapted dwelling, or, to adapt an existing dwelling to meet their specific needs. The goal of the Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) Program is to provide a barrier-free, wheelchair accessible living environment which affords the veteran a level of independent living he or she may not normally enjoy. Two independent grants currently exist within the SAH Program under Title 38, Chapter 21, Section 2101. Each is administered for the six New England states at VA's Regional Loan Center in Manchester, New Hampshire. They are: Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) Grant {2101(a)} up to a maximum of $50,000.00. Eligible veterans must be entitled to compensation for permanent and total service-connected disability due to: Loss or loss of use of both lower extremities, such as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair, OR Blindness in both eyes, having only light perception, plus the anatomical loss or loss of use of one lower extremity, OR The loss or loss of use of one lower extremity together with residuals of organic disease or injury which so affect the functions of balance or propulsion as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair OR The loss or loss of use of one lower extremity together with the loss or loss of use of one upper extremity which so affects the functions of balance or propulsion as to preclude locomotion without the aid of braces, crutches, canes, or a wheelchair, OR The loss of, or loss of use of, both upper extremities such as to preclude use of the arms at or above the elbows. Special Housing Adaptation {SHA} Grant {2101(b)} up to a maximum amount of $10,000.00. Eligible veterans must be entitled to compensation for permanent and total service-connected disability due to: Blindness in both eyes with 5/200 visual acuity or less, OR Anatomical loss or loss of use of both hands. For more information about these Grant programs and other collateral benefits, please contact the SAH Agent, Robert S. Nelson, via e-mail at LGYRNELS@vba.va.gov or telephone (800) 827-6311 extension 5812. This page has been accessed times since July 10, 2003.