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This month, we are going to review the fair housing rules as they pertain to disabilities that may not be obvious or apparent. The law prohibits communities from excluding or otherwise discriminating against individuals with disabilities. It also imposes duties on communities to provide reasonable accommodations and modifications as necessary to allow individuals with disabilities to fully enjoy their dwellings.
This month, we are going to focus on how to handle parking requests as reasonable accommodations for residents with disabilities. The Fair Housing Act (FHA) requires communities to make exceptions to rules, policies, practices, or services as a reasonable accommodation to afford a resident with a disability an opportunity to use and enjoy his dwelling that is equal to the opportunity afforded to those who are not disabled.
This month, the focus is on complying with fair housing requirements when faced with a request from a resident with a disability to transfer to a particular unit within a community.
This month, we are going to review fair housing law pertaining to individuals with disabilities. If you find it challenging to understand and comply with all the fair housing rules applicable to individuals with disabilities, you are not alone. According to HUD's most recent annual report, the most common basis of complaints filed last year was disability discrimination, cited in 43 percent of the 10,154 complaints received.
As part of its protections against discrimination on the basis of disability, the Fair Housing Act (FHA) aims to improve accessibility for people with disabilities by imposing seven design and construction requirements on certain multifamily communities—generally speaking, those that opened for first occupancy after March 13, 1991.
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