INTEGRATED RENTAL COMMUNITY SERVING THREE TARGET POPULATIONS
INDIVIDUALS WITH AUTISM
AND OTHER DISABILITIES​
​WORKFORCE POPULATION
​ACTIVE SENIORS
  • ​1 in 54 children are diagnosed with autism. Once adults, most continue to live at home with their parents due to lack of housing options

  • 424,000 people with autism nationwide are on a waiting list for residential services, and another 500,000 will reach adulthood in the next decades

  • People who are non-speaking and who have significant behavioral, sensory, and medical issues, have the hardest time finding suitable housing
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  • Individuals with disabilities want independence just like everyone else
  • The average hourly income in Wisconsin is $15.38 per hour

  • Over 150,000 households in Wisconsin spend more than half of their income on housing
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  • Guidelines indicate that families should not spend more than 30% of their income on housing
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  • Seniors prefer to remain in their own communities as their housing needs change
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  • In many small communities, rental housing for active seniors is inadequate in availability, quality, and affordability
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ADDRESSING those three HOUSING NEEDS IN one PROJECT
An Innovative Response:
An integrated rental community of 40 units, 1 and 2 bedrooms, along with 3-bedroom rental townhouses, adding $8.5 million to New Glarus’ tax base

Public/Private Partnership:
Funded by a combination of federal tax credits and grassroots fundraising

Rents People Can Afford:
Even those whose sole source of income is social security disability can afford to live here

An Antidote to Isolation and Loneliness:
​Specially designed community spaces encourage socialization, interaction, and mutual interdependence, enhancing everyone’s quality of life
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Building opened in December 2020
"If you’re a single person with a disability who just needs minimal accommodations like me there are no options.... There’s options for the elderly, and low income families, but not us. I love my family, they let me live with them for free, and drive me around since I can’t, but that’s not what I want, and its not what I was raised to want. It made me so happy when I heard about your project."  ​- Shaun R., East Troy, Wisconsin