HUD/DOJ Joint Statement on Reasonable Accommodations under the Fair Housing Act (May 17, 2004)

Citation: HUD/DOJ Joint Statement on Reasonable Accommodations under the Fair Housing Act (May 17, 2004)
Parent Document: HUD/DOJ Joint Statement on Reasonable Accommodations under the Fair Housing Act (May 17, 2004)
Jurisdiction: United States (federal)
Original Source: https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/crt/legacy/2010/12/14/joint_state... ↗

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Yes. A housing provider can deny a request for a reasonable accommodation if the
request was not made by or on behalf of a person with a disability or if there is no disability-
related need for the accommodation. In addition, a request for a reasonable accommodation may
be denied if providing the accommodation is not reasonable – i.e., if it would impose an undue
financial and administrative burden on the housing provider or it would fundamentally alter the
nature of the provider's operations. The determination of undue financial and administrative
burden must be made on a case-by-case basis involving various factors, such as the cost of the
requested accommodation, the financial resources of the provider, the benefits that the
accommodation would provide to the requester, and the availability of alternative
accommodations that would effectively meet the requester's disability-related needs.

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