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professionals specially certified
in caring for people with MS,
thanks to an arrangement with
the Visiting Nurse Association of
Central Jersey.
Regan also worked with
local county agencies to provide
rental-assistance vouchers that
ensure that even if residents’
employment status changes, they
will never pay more than 30
percent of their income on rent
and utilities.
Today, Kershaw Commons
is so popular that more than
230 people are on a waiting list
for apartments. “Some of our
residents are in their 20s or 30s,
and before they found us, they
Kershaw Commons in Freehold Township, N.J., was the first of several accessible housing developments that Ken Regan’s company developed for people with MS.
thought they would have to live
in a nursing home their whole
lives,” Regan says.
A labor of love
Regan hasn’t stopped with
Kershaw Commons. One
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46-unit rental apartment
building with six units dedicated
exclusively for people with
MS is set to open in Bayonne,
N.J., this spring. A 28-unit
building with 10 apartments
for people with MS is under
construction in Montvale, N.J.,
and similar projects are in the
planning stages in Connecticut,
Pennsylvania and Massachusetts.
Regan’s company also added
several fully accessible units
for people living with MS to
apartment complexes it built in
Fishkill and New Windsor, N. Y.
In addition, the Society recently
hired a housing development
consultant to help chapters team
up with other developers like
Regan to create accessible living
opportunities for their members.
“What it really comes down to
is how do we assist people with
MS so their overall quality of
life improves?” Regan said. “It’s
exciting to have the opportunity
to contribute to this. It’s really a
labor of love for me.” n
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Vicky Uhland is a freelance writer and
editor in Lafayette, Colo.
