1. Parent Created Housing
An Innovative Solution for Providing Housing and Amenities for Adults with Special Needs
And
Clearwater Ranch Community
An Integrated Community for People With and Without Developmental Disabilities

2. Living Unlimited - Mission
Creating and facilitating sustainable, inclusive communities where people with and without disabilities live, work and care for each other with mutual respect and dignity.
a 501(c)(3) non-profit charitable corporation

3. Needed: stable, safe and secure housing for our children…
Transitioning Our Children!
Leaving your home for their own home
Living independently (as much as possible)
Lifelong supervision of welfare and fulfillment
Needed: stable, safe and secure housing for our children…

4. The Mix:
Safe & secure housing- A home is more than a house, but a life-long house, is a great start.
A supportive home life- High quality care support to keep them moving in the right direction and foster success.
High quality activities- A fulfilling day program, and planned community activities, to nurture their best qualities.
LU is offering housing and oversight of in-home care services, day program and other third parties provided services .

5. The LU Concept: Families have equity in property owning company
Property purchased by limited liability company (LLC), owned by families.
LU is managing partner.
LLC rents rooms to Residents, Home Companions and occasionally others. (Rent levels set for SSI/SSDI affordability.)
Rents pay operational expenses- mortgage, property maintenance, improvements, and a full time Community Manager.
Parents select independent companies to provide support and programming for Residents.
Community Manager monitors deliver of support services to ensure that Residents receive the services they are entitled, maintains property, provides enrichment activities.

6. A diverse set of communities
The LU Vision:
A diverse set of communities
Settings
Farmlette- rural or suburban, with integrated housing
Suburban clustered single family homes in close proximity to one another
Urban multi-unit housing
Resident Profiles
Special needs only
Special needs and staff
Special needs, staff & neuro-typical seniors

7. The LU Vision:
Ensure the Basics

8. LU’s first parent created integrated housing community
Clearwater Ranch
LU’s first parent created integrated
housing community
Cloverdale, Sonoma County
84 acres, adjacent to 300+ acres of open space, and large Del Webb senior community.
35 bedrooms, 28 bathrooms, five houses, four cottages, manager’s residence, gymnasium and game rooms, swimming pool.
Permitted for 34 Residents with special needs,14 Home Companions
One mile from downtown Cloverdale
Affordable within SSI payment amounts

9. Local area views:

10. Houses

11. Amenities A commercial kitchen Multiple large, flat fields
3,500 sqft Gymnasium & activities rooms
1,800 sqft workshop
Shallow swimming pool

12. Clearwater Ranch Community Vision
Our goal is that CRC will become a thriving, vibrant community with a comfortable, accepting environment where special individuals feel at home and loved.
We hope to provide many healthy, fun enriching activities such as gardening, produce processing (drying herbs, fruits) small animal care, baking, cooking, weaving, wood working, painting, swimming, fishing, kayaking, inner tubing, hiking, campfires, dances, game nights, graphic design & printing…etcetera! Lots of great possibilities!!

13. Parent Created Housing
Waiting for Godot? Act! No one will do this for you.
Form Pioneer Group (3 – 5 families with a common interest)
Agree a vision
rural, sub-urban, urban
Mixed ability
Multi-generational
Equity or public finance
Existing housing, repurposed or new development
Build community support
Roll up sleeves and work, work, work (And miles to go before I sleep….)

14. Contact Susan Riggle Susan@living-unlimited.org Alex Krem
(510)
Alex Krem
(510)