Mississippi Home of Your Own (HOYO), an award-winning program of the University of Southern Mississippi Institute for Disability
Studies,
received a Governor’s Communities of Excellence Award on
Monday, March 26, 2007 during an awards ceremony at the Mississippi State Capitol. Read more information about the award.
Housing Initiatives
The Institute for Disability Studies (IDS) has long believed that people with disabilities have the right to live in their own home with their families and fully participate in their community.
Mississippi Home of Your Own - assists people with disabilities and their families in locating counseling, supports, and financial assistance that may allow them to purchase and maintain their own homes.
HOYO Delta Housing Initiative – provides a concentrated focus on the intense housing needs of individuals with disabilities living in the 21 counties of the Mississippi Delta in identifying and locating safe, affordable housing and community-based supports.
Shelter For All - assists homeless individuals with disabilities and their families in most Mississippi counties by locating needed resources and supports to help them access permanent housing and achieve self-sufficiency.
Mississippi Fair Housing Initiative Program (M-FHIP) - works to ensure equal opportunities in housing for all people and to increase home ownership through education and outreach that affirmatively further fair housing.
Comprehensive Housing Counseling - A certified housing counseling agency, IDS provides education and counseling to consumers across the state.
Technical Assistance and Training - reaches out to many factions in the community—realtors, lenders, advocacy groups, local, state, and governmental entities and the general public—to make sure individuals with disabilities and their families can purchase a home or find permanent housing depending on their needs.
Project BridgeARCHIVED – a systems change project focused on removing the barriers that prevent Medicaid-eligible individuals with disabilities from finding accessible, affordable housing and long term care services in their communities.
For more information, contact:
Coordinator for Housing Initiatives
Telephone: 601.266.5163
Toll Free and TTY: 1.888.671.0051
If you have difficulty accessing any portions of this Web site due to
incompatibility with adaptive technology or you need the information in an
alternate format, please contact us at 601.266.6288 or email Richard.Baker@usm.edu.
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