As a casualty of the downturn in the economy, my wife and I find ourselves moving out of our home into a “pre-fabbed” home. That’s just a nice way to say trailer home. We’ve picked the place out and it’s in a very nice “neighborhood.” We’ll be moving in next week. But here’s the catch. It doesn’t have a wheelchair ramp for my power scooter.

With my knee so bad and my legs so weak, I can’t get up and down those stairs every day. So I need some help building a wheelchair ramp. Does anyone know where I might find plans to add a wheelchair ramp to a “pre-fabbed” home with a porch? Any help would be very greatly appreciated.

Did you know that if you’ve added wheelchair ramps to your home or made other major improvements to your home to accommodate your wheelchair or power wheelchair that you can write off the cost of the improvements on your taxes? It’s true.

There is a little catch. The IRS has a little worksheet that makes sure you can only write off costs over and above any appreciation the improvement adds to your home. But that still gives you a great opportunity to see savings on your taxes. So be sure to save all those receipts whether it’s materials you purchase yourself or invoices from a contractor.

And it can be any improvement, a wheelchair ramp, a wheelchair-accessible kitchen, wider hallways—anything you can think of that make accommodations for your wheelchair.