Supportive housing for persons with disabilitiessection 811 provides assistance to expand the supply of housing with the availability of supportive services for persons with disabilities and promotes and facilities community integration for people with significant and long term disabilities nature of program capital advances are made to . Programs of hud delegations of authority program offices information for disabled persons this page is designed to answer frequently asked questions on the housing rights of people with disabilities and the responsibilities of housing providers and building and design professionals under federal law. Section 811 supportive housing for persons with disabilities through the section 811 supportive housing for persons with disabilities program hud provides funding to develop and subsidize rental housing with supportive services for very low and extremely low income adults with disabilities. Supportive housing programs for persons with disabilities administered by the us department of housing and urban development hud have evolved over the past three decades originating with the housing act of 1959 as a direct loan program that financed rental housing for elderly and physically disabled persons