Center for Housing and New Community Economics (CHANCE)

Center for Housing and New  Community Economics (CHANCE)

Institute on Disability/UCE
University of New Hampshire
7 Leavitt Lane, Suite 101
Durham NH 03824-3522
E-mail:  drv@hopper.unh.edu

CHANCE's mission is to improve and increase access to integrated, affordable, and accessible housing coordinated with, but separate from, personal assistance and supportive services. CHANCE's purpose will be to offer alternatives to approaches that segregate, congregate, and control people with disabilities through four major initiatives:  Project Access (a national initiative designed to assist people with disabilities to move from nursing homes into the community); the Community Living Exchange Collaborative (provides technical assistance to systems change initiatives); Strategies, Barriers and outcomes of Home Ownership for People with Severe Disabilities (a research project  focusing on the personal service, financial, and support network variables associated with achieving and maintaining successful home ownership); and the National Home of Your Own Alliance Clearinghouse (a technical assistance center to promote home ownership for people with disabilities by providing access to information).