OLRS 2008 Annual Report
From Nursing Home to Neighborhood Home

Living in her own apartment — that was the desire of a woman who had spent a year in a nursing facility. OLRS negotiated with staff and the client's guardian to permit her discharge. However, the HUD subsidized building manager of the place where she chose to live denied her application based on presumptions about her disability.

OLRS represented the client at an informal hearing to challenge the denial of her application. The management reversed its decision and accepted the woman's application for residency. She was discharged from the nursing home and moved into her apartment with necessary community supports and services. OLRS successfully protected the client from discrimination based on disability, her fair housing rights and right to accommodations.