Success Stories
"For years Renaissance Manor and CASL worked tirelessly and without fanfare to provide first-rate quality special-needs housing. As a combined entity, they will use their ability to stretch a dollar to provide even more comfortable and safe housing for those in need.”
Debra Jacobs
Executive Director, Patterson Foundation, Sarasota, Florida
"Your agency fills a unique need for developmental services consumers. We appreciate the appropriate and affordable housing that your agency provides."
Frances H. Gibbons
District Administrator
Dept of Children and Families
"Moving into his own home was Tim Hedley’s first step towards independence. His CASL home has truly become his castle and now he has his first part-time job."
Hal and LuAnn Hedley
"Loveland Center, Inc. enthusiastically supports CASL’s efforts to provide affordable housing for adults with disabilities. This availability is critical to their future, especially as their parents become more elderly and no longer able to be their care giver."
Carl J. Penxa, Jr. President/CEO
In Southwest Florida (Sarasota, Manatee and Lee Counties), approximately 20,000 households include one or more individuals with a disability, and more than half of their income is spent on housing.
- Local homeless coalitions report that one of every four homeless people is a veteran.
- Southwest Florida needs more than 1,400 additional housing units to meet the needs of our disabled community members.