Veterans / Home Improvements and Structrural Alterations (HISA)
Your Contractor for VA HISA Grants
$6800 VA Grant available to disabled veterans!
For deserving service-related disabled veterans, let us build your dream shower, and let the VA pay for it!
This benefit provides medically necessary improvements and structural alterations to Veterans/Servicemembers’ primary residence for the following purposes:
- Allowing entrance to or exit from the primary residence
- Use of essential lavatory and sanitary facilities (e.g. roll in showers)
- Allowing accessibility to kitchen or bathroom sinks or counters (e.g. lowering counters/sinks)
- Improving entrance paths or driveways in immediate area of the home to facilitate access to the home through construction of permanent ramping
- Improving plumbing or electrical systems made necessary due to installation of home medical equipment
HISA will not pay for:
- Walkways to exterior buildings
- Spa, hot tub, or Jacuzzi
- Exterior decking
- New construction
HISA Benefit Amounts
Lifetime benefit for Veterans and Servicemembers.
$6,800 will be approved to:
Lifetime benefit for Veterans and Servicemembers.
$6,800 will be approved to:
- Address a service-connected disability
- Address a compensable disability treated “as if” is a service-connected disability and for which the Veteran entitled to medical services under 38 USC 1710(a)(2)(c) (e.g., disability acquired through treatment or vocational rehabilitation provided by VA)
- Address a non-service- connected disability, if the beneficiary has a service-connected disability rated at least 50 percent disability (no combining or combination of disability percentages is allowed).
$2,000 will be approved to:
- Address a disability that is not covered above
Example of HISA project completed by Hartwell Home Improvement:
Before
The tub prevented this disabled veteran from accessing the only shower in their home.
After
The new walk-in shower features a folding seat, three grab bars, a niche and porcelain tiled walls.
Call for a free consultation and schedule a free estimate.
About the HISA program:
VA’S HOUSING ADAPTATION PROGRAMS Housing Adaptation Programs VA may provide adaptations to a Veteran’s/Servicemember’s residence by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) under the Home Improvements and Structural Alterations (HISA) grant or the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) under the Specially Adapted Housing (SAH), Special Housing Adaptation (SHA), Temporary Residence Adaptation (TRA); or Vocational Rehabilitation & Employment (VR&E) Independent Living (IL) program. The mission of VA’s Housing Adaptation programs is to adapt and/or modify a Veteran’s/Servicemember’s residence to accommodate their disability or disabilities. Adaptations and/or modifications are individually determined based on the medical feasibility for the Veteran/Servicemember to reside in their home; continuation with medical treatment and rehabilitation; and capability to live independently in a barrier-free environment. VBA’s SAH program may assist with the purchase of a home to accommodate a Veterans/Servicemembers disability or disabilities.
For complete information on how to apply, visit: www.VA.gov
How to apply for a HISA grant:
The process begins with the servicemember requesting a consultation with their VA primary care provider. A flowchart is provided below showing the entire process.
For complete instructions, visit www.VA.gov
HISAProcess.pdfHISA Assistance:
Hartwell Home Improvement can offer assistance with the HISA process, having successfully completed the process for other veterans. Slade, the owner is a veteran himself and will work closely with you to realize the benefit you deserve. He's the right guy to choose to ensure that the results of your remodel are impeccable. He's also the right guy to choose for being experienced and successful in the HISA process.