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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 $109,986 (FY2024) to build, buy, or modify a permanent home for veterans with certain severe service-connected disabilities significantly affecting mobility.

Available to veterans with qualifying severe service-connected mobility-limiting disabilityUp to ~$117KOne-time grant
Category: Housing
HOUSING

Special Home Adaptation (SHA) Grant

Grant of up to $22,036 (FY2024) to adapt an existing home for veterans with qualifying service-connected disabilities affecting use of extremities or severe burn injuries.

Available to veterans with qualifying service-connected limb or burn disabilityUp to ~$23KOne-time grant
Category: Housing
HOUSING

Temporary Residence Adaptation and Home Modification (TRA/HAP)

Beyond SAH/SHA, VA's Home Improvements and Structural Alterations (HISA) grant provides up to $6,800 for service-connected veterans and $2,000 for non-service-connected veterans for medically necessary home modifications.

Service-connected veterans: up to $6,800; non-service-connected: up to $2,000Up to $6,800Service-connected condition
Category: Housing
HOUSING

Temporary Residence Adaptation (TRA) Grant

Allows SAH/SHA-eligible veterans to temporarily adapt a family member's home while residing there without expending their primary SAH/SHA grant entitlement.

Available to SAH/SHA grant-eligible veterans temporarily residing in another person's home

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