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Are you willing to move out of the area for an apt? Have you looked in any other cities?
I have looked everywhere in the DC area 2 years ago. We grabbed this one because it was available now. It was available because it wasn't finished. At the time I was more dependent on care. Now I'm shooting for complete independence and it seems like that won't happen here. I don't want to move because my kids have made a lot of friends here and it is hard to move again. However, we will if we have to.
Kids are flexible they will make new friends whereever you decide to move to. Do you or your spouse work? Is it a job that can be gotten anywhere?
We work, but we're not changing jobs at this time. The kids put up with lack of friends in the various places we lived before. It's very hard to leave this area. We will, only if we have to, to attain the full independence I seek.
The only other option I can think of, is to explore associations that advocate for your illness/disability and see if they have any grant programs. The Alzheimer's Association (for example) has grant money that is readily accessible. This is assuming your landlord really isn't required to make any further modifications.
My soapbox: It is really absurd that Maryland will not use their grant money for basic home modifications in an apartment. I worked in homecare in NJ and over the past few years, NJ relaxed their regs and allowed certain home modifications to be done to rented property, as long as it was A. reasonable to assume the beneficiary would remain in that home for the forseeable future, and B. the state reserved the right to remove said modification if the beneficiary moved or died - the owner of the property had to sign something confirming he was aware of this (that applied more to wheelchair lifts, expensive equipment of that nature).
My soapbox: It is really absurd that Maryland will not use their grant money for basic home modifications in an apartment. I worked in homecare in NJ and over the past few years, NJ relaxed their regs and allowed certain home modifications to be done to rented property, as long as it was A. reasonable to assume the beneficiary would remain in that home for the forseeable future, and B. the state reserved the right to remove said modification if the beneficiary moved or died - the owner of the property had to sign something confirming he was aware of this (that applied more to wheelchair lifts, expensive equipment of that nature).
Okay, off my soapbox now.
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I definitely agree with you. We're not likely to be moving anytime soon, but that doesn't matter.
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