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: A tenant has a severe mobility impairment that substantially limits his
 ability to walk. He asks his housing provider to transport him to the grocery store
 and assist him with his grocery shopping as a reasonable accommodation to his
 disability. The provider does not provide any transportation or shopping services
 for its tenants, so granting this request would require a fundamental alteration in
 the nature of the provider's operations. The request can be denied, but the
 provider should discuss with the requester whether there is any alternative
 accommodation that would effectively meet the requester's disability-related needs
 without fundamentally altering the nature of its operations, such as reducing the
 tenant's need to walk long distances by altering its parking policy to allow a
 volunteer from a local community service organization to park her car close to the
 tenant's unit so she can transport the tenant to the grocery store and assist him
 with his shopping.

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