The mission of Ability Housing of Northeast Florida, Inc. is to provide quality, affordable, community inclusive housing for individuals and families at risk of homelessness and adults with a disability.

Impact Summary from the Nonprofit Ability Housing has a mission focus to provide permanent supportive housing. This model, which combines affordable housing and individualized supportive services, is a widely recognized national best practice for ending homelessness. It also enables adults with disabilities to live independently in the community. In 2010 & 2011, Ability Housing provided affordable, community-inclusive housing to 60 adults with a disability through its CASA Program, and completed the rehabilitation of Mayfair Village; this modern refurbished 83-unit community now provides permanent housing for homeless and at-risk families and individuals. Ability Housing also commenced the substantial rehabilitation of Renaissance Village; this 52-unit property had been boarded and abandoned and a source of crime and blight for its neighborhood. The agency also partnered with the local homeless coalition and Veterans Administration office to take a lead in �100 Homes Jacksonville�, a community initiative to identify and house 100 of the most vulnerable homeless persons in Jacksonville. In 2012, Ability Housing completed the transformation of Renaissance Village. It also secured the funding to acquire and substantially rehabilitate Oakland Terrace Apartments, guaranteeing the ongoing preservation of the project�s rental assistance.The agency also assisted over 50 chronically homeless persons move from the streets into housing scattered throughout the community. By year end, over 450 individuals that were homeless or at risk of homelessness, 200 of whom were children, called an Ability Housing property home. And a small, local nonprofit had transformed itself into a substantial real estate development organization capable of developing projects typically considered the hardest to complete � projects for households unable to afford rents which cover the properties� operating expenses.