(c) Nothing in this part relieves persons participating in a Federal or Federally-assisted program or activity from other requirements applicable to buildings and dwellings....
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§100.5(c)
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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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Controls for Ranges and Cooktops
The commenter stated that standards that specify certain design features for appliances in individual dwelling units exceed the scope of the Department's statutory authority....
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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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7(2) Usable bathrooms
To meet the requirements of section 100.205(c)(3)(iv) either: All bathrooms in the dwelling unit comply with the provisions of paragraph (a); or At least one bathroom in the dwelling...
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Door Hardware
A few commenters requested that lever hardware be required on doors throughout dwelling units, not only at the entry door to the dwelling unit. Response....
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Guidelines for Requirement 3
The Guidelines provide separate guidance for (1) doors that are part of an accessible route in the public and common use areas of multifamily dwellings, including entry doors to individual...
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§100.205(c)(3)(iii)
(iii) Reinforcements in bathroom walls to allow later installation of grab bars around the toilet, tub, shower, stall and shower seat, where such facilities are provided; and
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Section 4. Application of the Guidelines
This section states that the design specifications that comprise the final Guidelines apply to all "covered multifamily dwellings" as defined in Section 2 of the Guidelines....
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Residential Dwelling Units with Mobility Features: ADA Standard Section 233.3.1.1
Section 233.3.1.1 covers scoping requirements in the current ADA Standards for residential dwelling units with mobility features.
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3.1 Q. Are condominiums covered by the Fair Housing Act?
Condominiums in covered multifamily dwellings are covered by the Fair Housing Act. The Fair Housing Act makes no distinctions based on ownership....
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(3) Doors within individual dwelling units
The final Guidelines recommend that doors intended for user passage within individual dwelling units have a clear opening of at least 32 inches nominal width when the door is open 90 degrees...
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6.1 Q...do the dwelling units on both the first and second stories have to be made accessible?
Each story becomes a ground floor and the dwelling units on that story must meet the accessibility requirements of the Act....
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First Occupancy
The Act states that covered multifamily dwellings subject to the Act's accessibility requirements are those that are "for first occupancy" after March 13, 1991....
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21.1 Q. Is a dwelling unit that has a split entry foyer...required to be accessible if it is a ground floor unit in a covered multifamily dwelling?
Under Requirement 4, there must be an accessible route into and through the dwelling unit. This would preclude a split level foyer, unless a properly sloped ramp can be provided....
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Requirement 3. Usable doors.
Section 100.205(c)(2) provides that covered multifamily dwellings with a building entrance on an accessible route shall be designed in such a manner that all the doors designed to allow...
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Alterations to Individual Residential Dwelling Units: ADA Standard Section 233.3.4.2
Section 233.3.4.2 covers scoping requirements in the current ADA Standards for alterations to individual residential dwelling units.
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9.1 Q. If a building was used previously for a nonresidential purpose, such as a warehouse, office building, or school, and is being converted to a multifamily dwelling, must the building meet the requirements of the Fair Housing Act?
No, the Fair Housing Act applies to covered multifamily dwellings for first occupancy after March 13, 1991, and the Fair Housing Act regulation defines first occupancy as a building that...
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26.1 Q. Is a parallel approach required at the shower, as shown in Figure 7(d) of the Guidelines?
A. Yes. For a 36 x 36 shower, as shown in Figure 7(d), a person in a wheelchair would typically add a wall hung seat. Thus the parallel approach as shown in Figure 7(d) is essential...
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Fair Housing Act Design Manual
The manual was first published in August, 1996, and this update is intended to provide clear and helpful guidance about ways to design and construct housing which complies with the...
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Fair Housing Act
The Fair Housing Act protects people from discrimination when they are renting, buying, or securing financing for any housing. The prohibitions specifically cover discrimination...
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Minimum Clear Headroom
requirement is to restrict obstructions such as overhanging signs in public walkways, the Department has determined that this specification is not needed for accessible routes within individual dwellings...
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II. Statutory and Regulatory Background
The Act makes it unlawful to fail to design and construct covered multifamily dwellings so that: (1) Public use and common use portions of the dwellings are readily accessible to and...
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10.2 Q. Does the route leading from inside a private attached garage to the dwelling unit have to be accessible?
Under Requirement 1 of the Guidelines, there must be an accessible entrance to the dwelling unit on an accessible route....