In accordance with the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (504) and the Fair Housing Act, all qualified individuals with handicaps will be given an equal opportunity to receive and enjoy the benefits of living in this housing development. The housing company does not discriminate on the basis of disability status in the admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its federally assisted programs and activities.
A. Disability
Means a person who:
- Has a disability, as defined in 42 U.S.C. 423;
(A) Inability to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months; or
(B) In the case of an individual who has attained the age of 55 and is blind, inability by reason of such blindness to engage in substantial gainful activity requiring skills or abilities comparable to those of any gainful activity in which he/she has previously engaged with some regularity and over a substantial period of time. For the purposes of this definition, the term blindness, as defined in section 416(i)(1) of this title, means central vision acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with use of correcting lens. An eye which is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees shall be considered for the purposes of this paragraph as having a central visual activity of 20/200 or less.
- Is determined, pursuant to HUD regulations, to have a physical, mental, or emotional impairment that:
(A) Is expected to be of long-continued and indefinite duration;
(B) Substantially impedes his or her disability to live independently, and
(C) Is of such nature that the ability to live independently could be improved by more suitable housing conditions; or
- Has a development disability, as defined in Section 102(7) of the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act (42 U.S.C. 6001(8)), i.e., a person with a severe chronic disability that:
(A) Is attributable to a mental or physical impairment or combination of mental and physical impairments;
(B) Is manifested before the person attains age 22;
(C) Is likely to continue indefinitely;
(D) Results in substantial functional limitation in three or more of the following areas of life activity:
a. Self care
b. Receptive and expressive language
c. Learning
d. Mobility
e. Self-direction
f. Capacity for independent living, and
g. Economic self-sufficiency; and
(E) Reflects the person’s need for combination and sequence of special, interdisciplinary, or generic care, treatment or other services that are of lifelong or extended duration and are individually planned and coordinated.
- Does not exclude persons who have the disease of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or any conditions arising from the etiologic agent for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome;
- For purposes of qualifying for low-income housing, does not include a person whose disability is based solely on any drug or alcohol dependence; and
Means “individual with handicaps”, as defined in Sec. 8.3 of this title, for purposes of reasonable accommodation and program accessibility for persons with disabilities.
B. Reasonable Accommodations
Is a change, exception, or adjustment to a program, service, building, dwelling unit, or workplace that will allow a qualified person with a disability to:
- Participate fully in program;
- Take advantage of a service;
- Live in dwelling; or
- Perform a job.
Reasonable accommodations include, for example, those that are necessary for a person with a disability to use and enjoy a dwelling.
To show that a requested accommodation may be necessary, there must be an identifiable relationship, or nexus, between the requested accommodation and the individual’s disability.
Shown below is our procedure for processing reasonable modification requests for tenants:
a) A written request for a modification to the unit or common area, due to disability, must be submitted to Management by the tenant. The request must include a statement describing the type of modification requested and how it will be beneficial for the applicant/tenant’s effective use of their housing facility.
b) Management will forward an “Acknowledgment” of the request to the tenant within five business days from the date the tenant’s request was received.
c) Within 14 days from the date of Management’s “Acknowledgement” letter, management will send a completed “Modification Request Approval/Disapproval” form to the tenant.
If you are an applicant with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the application process or to make effective use of the housing program, you have the right to request such an accommodation.
BY SUBMITTING THIS FORM, I DECLARE THAT THE STATEMENTS CONTAINED IN THIS APPLICATION ARE TRUE AND COMPLETE TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE. WARNING: WILLFUL FALSE STATEMENTS OR MISREPRESENTATION ARE A CRIMINAL OFFENSE UNDER SECTION 1001 OF TITLE 18 OF THE U.S. CODE.
PLEASE DO NOT MAIL MORE THAN ONE APPLICATION PER FAMILY. IF MORE THAN ONE APPLICATION IS RECEIVED, THE APPLICATION WILL BE DISQUALIFIED.