USA SPENDING CH39 B106 SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING FOR DISABLED VETERANS NOV2018

<p>VBA SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAMS. The Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) grant program helps Veterans with certain service-connected disabilities live independently in a barrier-free environment. SAH grants can be used in one of the following ways: (1) construct a suitable home on suitable land either already owned or to be acquired by the veteran, or (2) remodel an existing home if it can be suitably adapted, or (3) acquire a suitably adapted home or reduce the outstanding mortgage on a suitably adapted home already owned by the veteran. b. The Special Housing Adaptation (SHA) grant program helps veterans with certain service-connected disabilities adapt or purchase a home to accommodate the disability. SHA grants can be used in one of the following ways: (1) adapt an existing home the veteran or a family member already owns in which the veteran lives; (2) adapt a home the veteran or family member intends to purchase in which the veteran will live; (3) help a veteran purchase a home already adapted in which the veteran will live. c. . The Temporary Residence Adaptations (TRA) program provides adaptation assistance to veterans who are residing, but do not intend to permanently reside, in the a residence owned by a family member. If a veteran is otherwise eligible for SAH or SHA, the assistance is limited. d. SAH and SHA grants may be used up to three times, as long as the aggregate grant amount does not exceed the statutory dollar limitation. TRA grants may only be used once (and count as a grant usage for purposes of the limit of three), and the amount of assistance provided will be subtracted from the veteran's available statutory maximum.</p>

退伍军人福利管理局（Veterans Benefits Administration，VBA）专项适配住房福利项目。
专项适配住房（Specially Adapted Housing，SAH）拨款项目旨在帮助患有特定服役相关残疾的退伍军人在无障碍环境中独立生活。SAH拨款可通过以下任一方式使用：（1）在退伍军人已拥有或即将购置的适宜土地上建造适配住房；（2）对可完成适配改造的现有住房进行翻新改造；（3）购置已完成适配改造的住房，或为退伍军人已持有的已适配住房偿还未结清抵押贷款。
b. 专项住房改造（Special Housing Adaptation，SHA）拨款项目旨在帮助患有特定服役相关残疾的退伍军人改造或购置适配其残疾状况的住房。SHA拨款可通过以下任一方式使用：（1）改造退伍军人或其家庭成员已拥有且退伍军人本人居住的现有住房；（2）改造退伍军人或其家庭成员拟购置且退伍军人本人将居住的住房；（3）协助退伍军人购置已完成适配改造且退伍军人本人将居住的住房。
c. 临时居所适配（Temporary Residence Adaptations，TRA）项目为正在家庭成员拥有的居所居住但无意永久定居于此的退伍军人提供适配援助。若退伍军人原本符合SAH或SHA的申领资格，则其可获得的TRA援助金额将受到限制。
d. SAH与SHA拨款累计使用次数最多可达三次，且单笔或累计拨款总额不得超过法定限额。TRA拨款仅可使用一次（且会计入三次拨款使用次数限制的统计），所提供的援助金额将从退伍军人可享受的法定最高额度中扣除。