Home modifications
Home Accessibility Modifications
A ramp at the front door. A grab bar by the tub. A doorway wide enough to roll through. Here's who can help make home work for you again.
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After limb loss, the steps, doorways, and bathroom you never thought about can suddenly be the hardest part of the day. The good news: there are builders who do this work, programs that help income-qualified homeowners with ramps and repairs, benefits for veterans and people on Medicaid in-home services, and rights for renters.
Before you build, ask your physical or occupational therapist which changes would help you most. And if you have questions, our peer visitors have been through it.
Last checked: November 2026
Local contractor
Need a Ramp Built?
Ramps & home repair
Dry Pro, LLC
Cottage Grove, OR · Serving Lane & Douglas Counties
Dry Pro is a locally owned Cottage Grove contractor that builds home ramps. Known for water damage restoration and rebuilding, the team also takes on remodel and fix-it projects across Lane and Douglas counties. Call for an estimate.
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Help With Ramps and Repairs
Habitat for Humanity of Central Lane: Ramp Program
Serves: Blue River to Noti, Coburg to Cottage Grove
Installs durable aluminum ramps, up to $7,500, for income-qualified homeowners. No repayment is expected. It isn't an emergency program; once approved, a ramp usually takes 6 to 8 weeks. Applications go by mail, fax, or drop-off (call first), not email. (Junction City isn't served.)
Florence Habitat for Humanity: Ramps & Rails
Serves: Florence area
Wheelchair ramps and handrails for homeowners. It isn't an emergency program, so expect a wait; call to talk about your needs and to ask about income limits or any cost share. Its Veterans Initiative can include ramps, grab bars, and accessible door handles for qualified veterans.
City of Springfield: Home Repair Program
Serves: Springfield homeowners
For very low-income Springfield homeowners: up to $10,000 over five years for urgent repairs that improve health, safety, or accessibility, including changes that help you age in place. The city hires and pays licensed contractors.
Homes for Good: Weatherization
Serves: Lane County renters and homeowners
Free energy-saving work for income-qualified households, which can include minor health and safety repairs and smoke and carbon monoxide alarms. It doesn't build ramps. Waits run from a few months to a few years, depending on your utility.
Quick Answers
Are there grants for wheelchair ramps?
Sometimes. In Lane County, Habitat for Humanity of Central Lane installs aluminum ramps for income-qualified homeowners with no repayment expected, and Springfield's Home Repair Program can pay for accessibility improvements. Veterans may qualify for VA housing grants, and people on Medicaid in-home services can ask about environmental modifications (both below).
I rent. Can I still get a ramp or grab bars?
Often, yes. The Fair Housing Council of Oregon says landlords must consider requests for reasonable modifications. Your landlord can require you to pay for the change and to remove it when you move out. The Council has free request forms (below).
If You're a Veteran, on Medicaid, or Rural
VA Housing Grants (SAH and SHA)
Serves: Veterans and service members nationwide
"We offer housing grants for Veterans and service members with certain service-connected disabilities," the VA says, to buy, build, or change a permanent home. Certain kinds of limb loss qualify, such as the loss or loss of use of more than one limb; check the VA's list to see what applies to you.
VA Home Improvements and Structural Alterations (HISA)
Serves: Veterans and service members nationwide
Medically necessary changes to your home, such as roll-in showers and permanent ramps, through your VA facility's Prosthetics service. It requires a VA prescription.
Medicaid In-Home Services: Environmental Modifications
Serves: Oregonians who get Medicaid in-home services
If you get Medicaid in-home services, ask your case manager about environmental modifications: changes like grab bars, ramps, handrails, and stair lifts. In Lane County, Senior & Disability Services can help.
USDA Rural Development: Section 504 Home Repair
Serves: Homeowners in eligible rural areas
Low-interest loans to low- and very-low-income homeowners to repair or improve their homes, and grants to very-low-income homeowners 62 and older to remove health and safety hazards. Check your address on USDA's eligibility map.
Renters, Equipment, and Tribal Programs
Fair Housing Council of Oregon
Serves: Statewide
Explains renters' rights to reasonable modifications and accommodations, with free request letters you can fill in. You don't have to share the full details of your medical condition in the request.
Access Technologies, Inc.: Try Equipment Before You Buy
Serves: Statewide (Salem)
Oregon's assistive technology program lends equipment for a 30-day trial so you can test it at home, with a small maintenance fee. It also lists used equipment for sale. Modular ramps and scooters aren't part of the free trial.
Tribal Housing Programs (enrolled members)
Serves: Tribal members
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians: help for Elders and members with disabilities, including ramp materials and grab bars. Eugene Area Office 541-484-4234 · Website
Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw: home repair for members who own their homes, anywhere in the U.S. (income limits apply). 1-888-280-0726 · Website
Grand Ronde: a Medical Adaptation Grant for medically necessary ramps, grab bars, and bathroom changes. 503-879-2401 · Website
Not sure who to call? Lane County's Aging & Disability Resource Connection can help you find services: 541-682-3353, or toll-free 1-855-673-2372.
Not Sure Where to Start?
Our certified peer visitors have been where you are, from the first night home to the changes that make a house work again. Talk with someone who gets it.