You have read the record. You have seen the math. The question is what happens next. Below are three concrete actions — for three distinct audiences — that can move this from documented evidence to systemic change.
The most powerful thing you can do right now is put this evidence in front of people who have the ability to act on it: legislators, journalists, disability advocates, housing developers, and families who are living this crisis. The argument is documented. The math is sourced. Share it without apology.
Pennsylvania's ODP 4-person rule is not federal law. It is a state regulation. It can be changed by the same legislators who wrote it. The fiscal argument — $44 million per-person lifetime liability, retired for a fraction of the cost through private ownership — is not an advocacy position. It is arithmetic. Your representative needs to hear it.
Find your Pennsylvania state representative and senator using the links below. Share this site. Ask them specifically about the HCBS Settings Rule implementation and the ODP 4-person rule.
"I am writing to ask you to examine Pennsylvania's ODP 4-person rule and its impact on the state's $140 billion unfunded IDD housing liability. The Pennhurst Longitudinal Study — the definitive federal research record — proved that smaller, more permanent settings produce measurably better outcomes for adults with IDD. The state's current rules make the best version of that model illegal. Private-sector solutions exist that can retire this liability without new state spending. I urge you to review the documented record at pennhurstdeclaration.org and to meet with Front Porch Cohousing to discuss a path forward."
Front Porch Cohousing is developing Coliving Homes in a Neuroinclusive Planned Community — the first ownership-based housing model for adults with IDD in Pennsylvania. The research is settled. The math is undeniable. The regulatory path is navigable. What is needed now is capital.
Founding sponsors — impact investors, mission-aligned lenders, foundations, and institutional partners — have the opportunity to retire a $140 billion state liability while generating measurable social and financial returns. The endowment model means this is not a grant. It is a capitalization.
The complete documented record — Preamble, five Articles, the endowment math, and the four specific demands — formatted as a formal leave-behind for meetings with legislators, lenders, service partners, and elected officials. Every claim is sourced. Every figure is documented. Print it. Share it. Put it on the table.
Download PDFThis site is a companion to frontporchcohousing.org and sponsorfrontporchcohousing.org. The evidence presented here is documented, sourced, and offered in the public interest. Every claim is grounded in court records, federal research, and publicly available state data.