THE ARC OF ERIE COUNTY HOUSING
Increasing Housing Options for Individuals with Special Needs

The Arc of Erie County began The Housing program in November of 2005 and it has now grown to include 13 homes which provide safe and affordable housing to 22 individuals with special needs or mental or developmental challenges in Erie County.

We pride our housing program on being good neighbors in the community and maintaining our homes to high standards.

We also oversee the maintenance of 7 homes for the Huron County Board of MR/DD which provides housing to individuals in Huron County with special needs.

Don Roesch is the Housing Director and has been with the housing program since it began. He is responsible for all the day-to-day property operations including the supervision and maintenance of all work on the homes, managing financial activities of the properties including rent collection, expenditures, property sales and purchases and budgeting and resolving any tenance concerns. He also engages in research and information gathering, including research of available funding sources for low cost housing, reviews projects and design approaches that provide community benefits and encourages projects that create and support best practices in housing for people with disabilities.

Below is a picture of the open house from the Clinton Street duplex which Don completely renovated. Gloria Tiller is living the the back half of the duplex.

We are also working with EHOVE who is building a 4 bedroom fully accessable house for us. This home will be located on Berlin Rd. in Huron. We expect to complete this project by the end of Summer 2008.

If you would like to volunteer for our housing program or if you would like our help finding the housing option that is right for you please contact us. We hope to continue to see our housing program grow.