Experts discuss solutions to the housing crisis for adults with disabilities at Sweeney Center Conference

“This housing crisis has been here for decades,” said Christopher Manente, Ph.D., executive director of the Rutgers Center for Adult Autism Services. “This is a community of people that have largely felt abandoned.”

While the traditional model of housing for adults with disabilities in New Jersey has historically been four-person group homes, Seifried explained, a statewide transition plan approved in 2023 integrates person-centered planning, separation of housing and services, individual choice and flexibility.