A Fair Lawn resident with autism, profiled in a NorthJersey.com report, could be among the last to benefit from a state program that lowers interest rates for people with disabilities so they better afford their homes and have independence. Scott Feldman had shared a home with his mother for 38 years, but he was finally able to afford moving...
Scott Feldman says his Fair Lawn home is a new beginning. Feldman walks towards his home on Van Duren Ave. in Fair Lawn for the first time since becoming its owner.
A Fair Lawn resident with autism, profiled in a NorthJersey.com report, could be among the last to benefit from a state program that lowers interest rates for people with disabilities so they better afford their homes and have independence.
Scott Feldman had shared a home with his mother for 38 years, but he was finally able to afford moving out when a two-story house across the street went on sale for about $100,000 less than the average Fair Lawn home, according to the report. The Developmental Disabilities Home Ownership Program grants 1 percent interest rates for people with disabilities who apply, the report said, but it is unlikely that the $6 million bond that has funded the program will be renewed.