VA Disabilities Home Adaptations in 2025: The Department of Veterans Affairs offers special housing grants to help veterans with disabilities live better and more freely. These grants help them buy, build, or modify their homes so daily living becomes easier. Many veterans use this support to build ramps, make wider doors, or adjust bathrooms so they are safer and easier to use.
Who is Eligible?
To qualify for a Specially Adapted Housing (SAH) grant, the veteran needs to own or plan to own a permanent house. They also must have a service-connected disability that is officially approved by the VA.
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Qualifying conditions include the loss or loss of use of both arms or legs, blindness in both eyes, severe burns, or the loss of a lower limb that affects walking and balance. These health issues must make daily life and movement around the home difficult. For veterans who were injured after September 11, 2001, only 120 SAH grants are available each fiscal year for those with one lower extremity loss. If that yearly limit is reached, veterans can apply again in the following year.
The maximum SAH grant amount for fiscal year 2025 is $121,812. Veterans can use this money to build, buy, or adapt a home that supports their disability and helps them live with more independence.
Support for Families and Other Veterans
Another type of grant, called the Special Home Adaptation (SHA) grant, is meant for veterans or family members who already own a home. This grant supports those who have lost both hands, suffered from severe burns, or have specific breathing-related injuries. For the fiscal year 2025, the maximum SHA grant is $24,405. Just like the SAH grant, it can be used to make the home safer and easier to live in.
Both grants do not have to be used all at once. Veterans can use the money in parts, depending on how much work their home needs. The VA allows veterans to use the SAH or SHA grant up to six times during their lifetime, so they can spread the funds over the years if needed.
Temporary Housing Help from the VA
Some veterans live temporarily with family members while waiting to move into their own homes. The VA helps them too through the Temporary Residence Adaptation (TRA) grant. This grant lets veterans modify a family member’s home with changes like ramps, accessible bathrooms, and wider doors.
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Veterans can apply for these housing grants online or by going to their nearby VA office. They need to show proof of their disability, home ownership or where they live, and give cost estimates from builders for the changes they want to make at home.
In 2025 veterans who qualify for SAH can get up to $49,062, and those eligible for SHA can get up to $8,760 under the TRA grant. The grant money changes every year because building costs go up. So, even if a veteran used some money before, they can still get the new maximum amount when they use it again.
