The final Guidelines distinguish between (i) single-story dwelling units, and (ii) multistory dwelling units in elevator buildings, and provide guidance on designing an accessible entrance...
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(2) An accessible route into and through covered dwelling units
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(a) Single-story dwelling units
For single-story dwelling units, the final Guidelines specify the same design specifications as presented in the proposed Option One guidelines, except that design features within the single-story...
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Section 2. Single-story dwelling unit
"Single-story dwelling unit" means a dwelling unit with all finished living space located on one floor....
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Section 3. Fair Housing Act Design and Construction Requirements
ETA Editor's Note Section 3 of the original document reprints the text of 24 CFR §100.205, which implements the Fair Housing Act's accessibility requirements. However, the...
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1.1 Q. Are townhouses in non-elevator buildings which have individual exterior entrances required to be accessible?
Yes, if they are single-story townhouses. If they are multistory townhouses, accessibility is not required....
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1.2 Q. Does the Fair Housing Act cover four one-story dwelling units that share common walls and have individual entrances?
The Fair Housing Act applies to all units in buildings consisting of four or more dwelling units if such buildings have one or more elevators; and ground floor dwelling units in other buildings...
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1.3 Q. What if the single-story dwelling units are separated by firewalls?
The Guidelines define covered multifamily dwellings to include buildings having four or more units within a single structure separated by firewalls....
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Section 4. Application of the Guidelines
The design specifications (guidelines) presented in Section 5 apply to new construction of "covered multifamily dwellings", as defined in Section 2....
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Guidelines for Requirement 4
The Guidelines for Requirement 4 present design specifications for providing an accessible route into and through the covered dwelling unit, as required by §100.205(c)(3)(i)....
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Changes in Level within a Dwelling Unit
technical guidance for two types of dwelling units: (1) single-story dwelling units, including single-story dwelling units with design features such as a loft or a sunken living room; and...
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5.1 Q...Would the first story of single-story dwelling units over the parking level be required to be accessible?
adopt and amplify the definition of ground floor found in HUD's regulation implementing the Fair Housing Act (see 24 CFR 100.201) to indicate that . . .where the first floor containing dwelling...
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5.2 Q. If a building design contains a mix of single-story flats on grade and single-story flats located above grade over a public parking area, do the flats over the parking area have to be accessible?
In the example in the above question, because some single-story flats are situated on grade, these flats would be the ground floor dwelling units and would be required to be accessible....
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6.1 Q...do the dwelling units on both the first and second stories have to be made accessible?
building with an accessible entrance on an accessible route, the Fair Housing Act regulations recognize that certain buildings, based on the site and the design plan, have more than one story...