§ 504C.1 — Housing — persons with disabilities

Iowa § 504C.1

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title XII: BUSINESS ENTITIES
• Ch. 504C: NONPROFIT CORPORATIONS — HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

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1. For the purposes of this chapter, “disability” means a physical impairment that results
in significant functional limitations in one or more areas of major life activity and in the need
for specialized care, treatment, or training services of extended duration.
2. Individuals with disabilities may form nonprofit corporations pursuant to chapter 504
for the sole purpose of establishing homes for persons with disabilities which are intended to
serve two to five residents who are members of the nonprofit corporation.
3. A nonprofit corporation formed under this section may do any of the following:
a. Design, modify, or construct a specific housing facility to provide appropriate services
and support to the residents of the specific housing facility. Local requirements shall not
be more restrictive than the rules adopted for a family home, as defined in section 335.25 or
414.22, andthestatebuildingcoderequirementsforsingle-familyormultiple-familyhousing,
as adopted pursuant to section 103A.7.
b. Contract for or employ staff for personal attendant needs and for the management and
operation of the housing facility.
c. Purchase, modify, maintain, and operate transportation services for the use of the
housing facility residents.
4. Residents of housing facilities established under this chapter shall be eligible to apply
for or continue to receive funding provided through federal, state, and county funding
sources, and assets of the members of the nonprofit corporation used in the establishment,
management, and operation of the housing facility, including but not limited to provision of
services to the residents of the facility, shall not be considered in determining a resident’s
eligibility for funding provided through sources otherwise available to the resident.