Future Plans
The future is bright.
Our mission is to create a community without limitations that offers safety, security, choice, purpose, belonging, friendship, and fulfillment.
Enrichment Center - A hub of activity. This is a public, charitable non-profit center focused on individiuals with neurodiverse needs
In an effort to create a community of peers, The Neighborhood of Maryland is working to enhance one of the many challenges facing their adult children – Isolation.
Although many of us felt isolated during the pandemic, neurodiverse individuals – whether affected by autism or other intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) – feel isolated every day. It is our mission to create an intentional community that embraces neurodiversity
and provides socialization and lifelong friendships for people with disabilities. We are aiming to give neurodiverse individuals a life without limitations that offers safety, security, choice, purpose, belonging, friendship, and fulfillment.
A resident led organization
As parents of individuals with high support needs, we face the difficult reality that our ability to care for our adult children will eventually decline, and they are likely to outlive us by decades. This brings up several pressing questions: Where will they live? Who will take care of them? What happens if their rent increases, or their building is sold or repurposed? Is it fair to burden their siblings with the responsibility of housing? Will they be forced to live far from their limited social circles? The prospect of them spending their lives in low-income rental units or group homes in unwelcoming neighborhoods is far from ideal.
A housing cooperative helps address critical concerns about future living arrangements, financial stability, and caregiving. It provides an alternative to the prospect of loved ones living in low-income rental units or group homes in unwelcoming neighborhoods. Through cooperative ownership, members gain the peace of mind that their loved ones will live in a supportive, inclusive, and stable environment.
To learn more about housing cooperatives and their potential, visit AREA Properties, LLC’s Housing Cooperative page.
