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Creative Housing is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing safe, accessible and affordable housing to individuals with disabilities in the Columbus metropolitan area.

Since 1992, Creative Housing has earned national recognition in involving people with disabilities in the development of a wide range of housing options from single family homes and duplexes to small apartment buildings.

More recently, Creative Housing has begun to modify homes for accessibility for people with disabilities and also the elderly. Our website provides up to date information on the wide range of housing and renovation programs that make up the Creative Housing network.
HOUSING ELIGIBILITY
The housing options offered through Creative Housing are available for individuals with developmental disabilities who are served by the Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities (FCBDD). Individuals served by FCBDD should contact their service coordinator regarding housing waiting list information.

Questions regarding service eligibility can be answered at the Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities Intake Department (614-464-2743). Additional information can be found on the Board’s web site www.fcbdd.org.

WHATS NEW
Creative Housing Awarded Fifth HUD Grant for Accessible Apartments
Creative Housing has been selected for another HUD grant of $991,000 for the construction of accessible apartments. This marks the fifth year in a row that Creative Housing has received funding in the highly competitive HUD 811 Program (Supportive Housing for Persons with Disabilities) bringing the five year total in committed federal funds to over five million dollars.

Creative Housing is working in conjunction with the Franklin County Board of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities in a multi-year plan to develop fully accessible apartments on scattered sites throughout Franklin County. The recent HUD grant is earmarked for the proposed "Cooper Road Apartments. Creative Housing President/CEO Patrick Rafter notes, "Our partnership here in Columbus with the Franklin County Board of MR/DD has enabled us to develop one of most aggressive accessible housing programs in the county."

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Apartments at six sites have been completed and occupied. One additional site , the Cooper Road Apartments in the north end of Columbus is scheduled for a fall 2009 completion.

Apartments Win "Best Housing Award"
The City of Gahanna Department of Development presented Creative Housing Inc.'s Apartments at Stoneridge its award for "Best New Housing" for 2008. The award was presented at Gahanna's annual Economic Development Breakfast attended by over 200 business and civic leaders.
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 VIDEOS
Accessibility Comes Home

Download our FREE 12-minute video on renovating homes for accessibility. It is a useful tool for advocates seeking to help human service systems become aware of the need to be more responsive to accessibility issues.

Also Accessibility Comes Home 22 Minute expanded video available in VHS format.

Are You a Neighbor?

Click here to see the 10 minute video Neighbors. Whether you are a new neighbor or an old friend this video will offer insights by our neighbors on what it means to have Creative Housing in their neighborhood.
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