The United States is in need of nearly 7 million more affordable housing units, reports thePew Research Center.

It provides housing for small households as well as individuals.

The chapters foray into supportive housing for people with I/DD began in 2007 in the town of Avon.

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Replication was a challenge because of the limited availability of vacant units in the same apartment complex.

In 2015, Morris met Ken Regan, a real estate developer who has multiple sclerosis.

Kens project sparked the idea that Favarh could do something similar for people with I/DD, Morris explains.

A young man with I/DD celebrates moving into his own apartment.

In 2018, the pair proposed I/DD-specific, community-integrated specialty housing to theConnecticut Department of Developmental Services.

What began as a demonstration project took off.

The one- and two-bedroom apartments are designed to meetAmericans With Disabilities Actstandards.

An artistic rendering of an integrated supportive housing apartment complex to be built in Farmington, Connecticut

Shared spaces in the complex are used for social gatherings and programmed activities.

One- and two-bedroom floorplans for the Bear Woods Apartments in Canton, Connecticut, a 29-unit, housing community with below-market rents for eligible tenants and integrated supportive services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.