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Provide high-quality supports and protections to vulnerable Pennsylvanians. Please enable scripts and reload this page. An Official Pennsylvania Government Website. Department of Human Services. Apply for Benefits. Report Abuse. Review Data. DHS Sites. Contact Us. Becoming an informed buyer will help you learn what questions to ask and how to understand the home buying process. It will also help you identify and avoid unscrupulous lenders and contractors that do not have your best interests at heart.

Moving into your new home is just the start to the benefits and responsibilities of owning your own place to live. Sticking to a sound budget will help you keep up with your mortgage payments and save some funds for future replacement and maintenance items. Keeping your home attractive and in good repair will help it to maintain or even increase in value.

Getting to know your neighbors will provide you with a sense of community and security. When you start off on the right foot, you can have peace of mind knowing that you made the best decision on what will probably be the largest purchase of your lifetime.

The ACCESS Home Modification Program provides mortgage loans to assist persons with disabilities or who have a family member s living in the household with disabilities who are purchasing a home that needs accessibility modifications. This program provides a deferred payment loan, with no interest, and no monthly payment. The loan becomes due and payable upon sale, transfer, or non-owner occupancy of the property. Home modifications should be designed to meet the needs of the person with the physical disability who will be residing in the home.

Eligible modification items may include, but are not limited to the following. For homes built prior to where the modifications may disturb painted surfaces, the borrower cannot use HOMEstead assistance but may use the ACCESS assistance if needed and if eligible. Applicants are responsible for determining what accessible modifications are required.

The applicant is to provide the lender with a proposal completed by a general contractor of choice, detailing the modification improvements that will be needed to make the home accessible. Upon completion of your application, the lender will perform a preliminary review of the construction proposal submitted by the applicant, which includes the specifications, cost estimates, and drawings of the work to be completed. To apply for disability benefits, you will need to complete an application for Social Security Benefits and the Disability Report.

You can complete the Disability Report online at www. To identify what information you will need when you apply for Disability Benefits, go to: www. You may also visit the Social Security Administration web site at www. The Social Security Administration first reviews applications for disability benefits to determine if the basic requirements of eligibility are met.

Information that may be requested from your doctor includes:. BDD may also ask the doctors for information about your ability to do work-related activities, such as walking, sitting, lifting, carrying and remembering instructions. Your doctors are not asked to decide if you are disabled. For children, information may be requested from medical sources, school sources and other people who know about the child.

If additional information is necessary, special examinations, at no cost to the applicant, will be scheduled to obtain the required information. In order to make a determination on your application for disability benefits, the Bureau of Disability Determination BDD may ask you to attend a consultative examination. These precautions include, but are not limited to:.

Please be aware that asking us to postpone the examination will delay your determination.



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