HUD Handbook 4350.3 § 2-37

Accessible to Persons with Disabilities

       A.        Owners are not required to make structural changes where other methods are
                 effective in achieving compliance with paragraph 2-35.

       B.        Owners are not required to make alterations that have little likelihood of being
                 accomplished without removing or altering a load-bearing structural member.
                 See 24 CFR 8.32(c).

       C.        In some cases, an accessible building entrance cannot be provided without
                 triggering one of the actions in subparagraph B above or resulting in undue
                 financial and administrative burden. In such cases, an owner will have to take
                 other reasonable steps to insure program accessibility, including in some cases,
                 making additional units accessible in other buildings operated by the owner.

       D.        Owners do not have to make mechanical rooms and other spaces accessible
                 when, because of their intended use, they do not require accessibility by the
                 public, by tenants, or by employees with physical disabilities.

       E.        Owners are not required to install an elevator solely for the purpose of making
                 units accessible.

                        Subsection 4: Reasonable Accommodations