Guiding Principles
Guiding Principles of the Institute
- To develop homes for people with developmental disabilities
- To increase the awareness for the need of quality affordable housing from the group of individuals that will be providing the support and/or services to the individual
- To separate the ownership of the housing from the group or individuals that will be providing the support and/or services to the individual
- To build a sense of community It is vital to create a sense of community that will support the individual residents and their staff. We want to develop housing whereby a sense of community is consciously created within the greater community
- To Create and/or build quality permanent housing and pay for it once
- To work in cooperation with one another and freely share information
- To use universal design concepts that meet the needs of the individuals and staff and use sustainable materials whenever possible