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Adapting my home

SAH, SHA, and HISA grants

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  1. If permanent and total with specific qualifying conditions, check SAH eligibility (up to ~$117K).
  2. For less severe adaptations, look at SHA (up to ~$23K) and HISA (up to $6,800).
  3. A VSO rep can help you stack these with your disability compensation.

Benefits that apply here

Category: Housing
HOUSING

Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) Grant

Grant of up to $126,526 (FY 2026) to build, buy, or modify a permanent home for veterans with certain severe service-connected disabilities, such as the loss or loss of use of more than one limb, blindness in both eyes, or certain severe burns. The grant can be used up to 6 times.

Available to veterans with certain severe service-connected disabilities, such as loss of use of limbs, blindness in both eyes, severe burns, or ALSUp to $126,526FY 2026 maximum, usable up to 6 times
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Category: Housing
HOUSING

Special Home Adaptation (SHA) Grant

Grant of up to $25,350 (FY 2026) to adapt, build, or buy a home for veterans with certain service-connected disabilities: the loss or loss of use of both hands, certain severe burns, or certain breathing injuries. The grant can be used up to 6 times.

Available to veterans with a service-connected loss of use of both hands, severe burns, or breathing injuryUp to $25,350FY 2026 maximum, usable up to 6 times
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Category: Housing
HOUSING

Temporary Residence Adaptation (TRA) Grant

Allows veterans who meet the SAH or SHA grant rules to adapt a family member's home while living there temporarily. TRA money comes out of the SAH or SHA maximum and counts as one of the grant's 6 uses.

Available to veterans who meet the SAH or SHA grant rules and live temporarily in a family member's home
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