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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Example: As a result of a disability, a tenant is physically unable to open the
 dumpster placed in the parking lot by his housing provider for trash collection.
 The tenant requests that the housing provider send a maintenance staff person to
 his apartment on a daily basis to collect his trash and take it to the dumpster.
 Because the housing development is a small operation with limited financial
 resources and the maintenance staff are on site only twice per week, it may be an
 undue financial and administrative burden for the housing provider to grant the
 requested daily trash pick-up service. Accordingly, the requested accommodation
 may not be reasonable. If the housing provider denies the requested
 accommodation as unreasonable, the housing provider should discuss with the
 tenant whether reasonable accommodations could be provided to meet the tenant's
 disability-related needs – for instance, placing an open trash collection can in a
 location that is readily accessible to the tenant so the tenant can dispose of his
 own trash and the provider's maintenance staff can then transfer the trash to the
 dumpster when they are on site. Such an accommodation would not involve a

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