Habitat Homes with Universal Design

I saw a blog post over at the Fresno News Blog that the new Habitat for Humanity homes are being done with universal design. This is going to increase the housing payment by $17 a month. The question is...Is it worth it? This is going to surprise people but I think it is. These kind of adjustments are very hard and very expensive to do to a house when or if a need arises. Since these houses are being done for the low income, they might not be able to ever make these changes if they are needed. I congratulate Habitat for a great call!