A Portland Press Herald story
A Maine-based nonprofit that plans to build high-tech affordable housing for people with disabilities in Scarborough has been awarded $509,000 in federal funding.
The funding will be used to “implement and analyze the impact of new assistive smart home technologies for low-income people with disabilities,” said Paul Linet, president and founder of 3i Housing of Maine.
The nonprofit’s mission, and the goal of the project at The Downs in Scarborough, is to provide a way for people with disabilities to live independently through smart technology at an affordable rate. Some smart technology could, for example, allow tenants to use voice control to open and close doors, raise and lower window shades and turn electronics off and on.
“We can make a real impact upon how folks conduct their lives on their own terms,” Linet said.
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