Affordable and adequate housing is a crucial component of disability rights, but is still seriously lacking in the United States. The Department of Housing & Urban Development's recent shift of emphasis on self-sufficiency ignores the reality that many people with disabilities cannot work full time or at all due to the nature of their disabilities.  In this article, the author said that until housing is treated as a human right rather than a privilege people with disabilities should be grateful for, the result will be our continued commodification and exploitation. Follow this link to read the full article on affordable housing.