Everyone deserves to live in a safe and secure home. Period. While we cannot be all things to all people,we do indeed address mobility, medical, behavioral, sensory, cognitive and intellectual, and non-mobility physical disabilities in our efforts to provide dignified housing with flexibility and adaptability.

Physical accessibility to a home is so much more than wheelchair access. Wheelchair users make up less than 10% of the disability population, and a very small population of individuals who are homeless due to the cost of a chair.

More likely, residents will have physical structural disabilities such as the inability to stand up straight or to balance, vertigo, inability to reach high shelves, difficulty raising/ lowering their body from a sitting and standing position, use of a walker or cane, diminished strength, diminished vision, confusion, trauma, and mental/behavioral health…

Universal design concepts can be applied when constructing our housing units, and additional personalized considerations can be added to make our homes inclusive and accessible for the variety of people who benefit from them.

The vision of the Kauri Foundation is for everyone who currently has no fixed address, to experience a safe, secure, and dignified home, to establish a community that brings hope and encouragement.