Opportunities for Community Development Finance in the Disability Market

September 2010

Bringing together the community development sector, disability service organizations, and financial institutions to strengthen economic opportunities for Americans with disabilities.

Features

• Trends and opportunities in the disability housing market
• Programs, research, and legislation aimed at promoting asset-building for the disability consumer
• Efforts to increase the employment of people with disabilities

Complete Book (82 pp.)

Contents

Foreword
Anna Steiger, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Housing

• Public Spending for Disability in the United States: 1997‐2006
  David Braddock, University of Colorado
• The Disability Housing Market: Opportunity for Community Development Finance as the Americans with Disabilities Act Turns 20
  Charles Hammerman, The Disability Opportunity Fund and Samantha Bennett, Center for Wealth Preservation
• Understanding the Disability Housing Market
  Sue Swenson

Asset Building

• Disability‐Inclusive Asset Building: New Strategies for Achieving Real Economic Impact for Americans with Disabilities
  Johnette Hartnett, National Disability Institute and Tobey Davies, Institute on Disability
• Federal Legislative Efforts to Expand Savings Options for Individuals with Disabilities
  Serena Lowe, National Disability Institute and Alexander Reid, Skadden, Arps

Employment

• Increasing the Employment Rate of People with Disabilities
  Andrew Imparato, American Association of People with Disabilities, Andrew Houtenville,
  Institute on Disability, and Robin Shaffert, American Association of People with Disabilities
• Handshakes, Not Handouts: Building the Business Case for Inclusion
  Charles Riley, International Center for Corporate Accountabilit

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