HUD Handbook 4350.3 § 2-45
Fair Housing Act Basic Accessibility Requirements (HUD Occupancy Handbook 4350.3 REV-1 CHG-4)
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HUD Handbook 4350.3 § 2-45
The Fair Housing Act requires that all buildings designed and constructed for first
occupancy after March 13, 1991 meet certain basic accessibility requirements. This
requirement applies to all new construction, regardless of the presence of federal
financial assistance. See 24 CFR 100.205. Owners of properties that should have been
constructed in accordance with these requirements but were not, are obligated to retrofit
their units to bring them into compliance with the Act. If a tenant in one of these
properties requests modifications to a unit that should have been made at the time of
construction, the owner has an affirmative obligation to make and pay for those
modifications as part of its original obligation to conform to the Fair Housing Act design
and construction requirements.
6/07 2-42 HUD Occupancy Handbook
Chapter 2: Civil Rights and
Nondiscrimination Requirements
Requirements for Persons with Disabilities
Subsection 4:
Reasonable AccomodationsSource: Legislative text reproduced verbatim
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