2-33 Moving Tenants Who Require Special Features into Accessible Units

• A. If a member of a tenant household becomes disabled with an impairment that requires special accessibility features and the tenant requests an accessible unit, an owner may move that tenant into an accessible unit in lieu of making the tenant’s existing unit accessible and usable. (See Chapter 4 for more information.) However, if a tenant needs only minor modifications to his or her unit, and does not need a fully accessible unit, the landlord should make the modifications and leave the project’s fully accessible units available for tenants who need such units.

• B. If a member of a tenant household is a person who does not need specific accessible features, but whose disability requires that they live on a particular floor or location on the floor, the owner must move that tenant household to the new unit. If such a unit is not available, the owner should assign the tenant to the next available unit that meets the need of the tenant. This accommodation must be based on the tenant’s disability-related need for the particular floor or location on the floor, and not based on the tenant’s personal preferences.

HUD Occupancy Handbook Chapter 2: Civil Rights and Nondiscrimination Requirements

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Section 3: Additional Nondiscrimination and Accessibility Requirements for Persons with Disabilities

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Subsection 2: Policies and Procedures to Ensure Nondiscrimination and Promote Accessibility

• C. If a tenant household is being moved to a different unit as a reasonable accommodation to a household member’s disability, then the owner must pay for the move unless doing so would constitute an undue financial and administrative burden.