Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act
Key claim: The Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act (HR2245) would raise HISA grant maximums to $10,000 for service-connected disabilities and $5,000 for non-service-connected disabilities, with automatic Consumer Price Index inflation adjustments.
Abstract
(HR2245 · 119th Congress) Autonomy for Disabled Veterans Act This bill increases the maximum amount authorized under the Home Improvements and Structural Alterations (HISA) grant program to $10,000 for veterans with a service-connected disability and $5,000 for those with disabilities that are not service-connected. The HISA grant program provides medically necessary improvements and structural alterations to a veteran’s (or service member’s) primary residence for specified purposes (e.g., allowing for entrance to their home). The bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to increase the maximum dollar amount of the grant in accordance with inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index. Latest action (2025-04-04): Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Why this matters
The HISA grant program funds accessibility modifications (ramps, roll-in showers, widened doorways) that let disabled veterans remain in their existing homes rather than transition to institutional care or seek new accessible housing. Raising the caps and indexing them to CPI directly affects the scope of retrofit work disabled veteran homeowners and renters can undertake, and expands the addressable market for builders and contractors specializing in accessibility remodels.