Accessibility: Reasonable Accommodations and Modifications

NMHC Resources

• NMHC Property Management Update: The Fair Housing Act Turns 40
  Reviews general compliance requirements under the Fair Housing Act, including accessibility requirements. Also explores some non-traditional forms of discrimination, such as sexual harassment, linguistic profiling and exclusionary zoning ordinances. (June 2008)

Third-Party Resources

• HUD Notice: Assistance Animals and Reasonable Accommodations for Persons with Disabilities
  Clarifies the distinction between “assistance animals” and “service animals” for complying with the Fair Housing Act, Section 504, and the American with Disabilities Act. (April 2013)

• HUD/DOJ Guidance on Reasonable Accommodation Requests
  Offers guidance to property owners on issues such as costs, procedures and requests for information from disabled residents requesting a reasonable accommodation under the Fair Housing Act. (May 2004)
  

• HUD/DOJ Guidance on Reasonable Modification Requests
  Q&A-format guidance offering additional guidance on when property owners must allow a resident with a disability to make structural changes to the property (at the resident's expense) in order to comply with the "reasonable modification" provisions of the Fair Housing Act. (March 2008)

• Fair Housing for Persons with Disabilities
  Frequently asked questions about fair housing protections for persons with disabilities. Covers the leasing process as well as requests for reasonable accommodations and reasonable modifications.

• Hotlinks: Accessibility