{"id":64737,"date":"2019-06-21T15:24:48","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T15:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/21\/making-home-ownership-easier-for-war-wounded-veterans\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T12:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T12:20:16","slug":"making-home-ownership-easier-for-war-wounded-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2019\/06\/21\/making-home-ownership-easier-for-war-wounded-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Making home ownership easier for war-wounded veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When retired Army Capt. Ryan Kules went house hunting in 2015, he had to factor in an extra $100,000 in costs because of his war injuries<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That included widening doorway so his wheelchair could fit through, making kitchen cabinets and hallway closets more accessible, and completely renovating showers so he could walk in without difficulty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not just one thing you have to modify, it\u2019s the whole thing,\u201d said Kules, 38, who lost his right arm and left leg in a roadside bomb attack in 2005. \u201cOne of the changes we had to make was having our master bedroom on the first floor .. we\u2019re lucky because we were able to make it work with what we had available.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Department of Veterans Affairs provides grants to disabled veterans<\/a> for the housing work, but that wasn\u2019t available to Kules because he had already used the program back in 2009, when he bought his first home.<\/p>\n\n\n\t