Webinar: Fair Housing for Tenants with Disabilities: Understanding Reasonable Accommodations and Reasonable Modifications

This session was broadcast on April 16, 2025. The recording will be posted once it has been edited.

Luciene Parsley and e.v. yost, attorneys at Disability Rights Maryland (DRM), presented information about federal fair housing laws that protect tenants with disabilities, including the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Fair Housing Amendments Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Handouts

Fair Housing: Reasonable Accommodations and Modifications (1 slide per page handout)

Fair Housing: Reasonable Accommodations and Modifications (2 slides per page handout)

HUD-DOJ Statement on Reasonable Accommodations Under the FHA

HUD-DOJ Statement on Reasonable Modifications Under the FHA

HUD: Assessing a Person’s Request to Have an Animal as a Reasonable Accommodation Under the Fair Housing Act

Fact Sheet on HUD’s Assistance Animals Notice

Sample Request Letter for Reasonable Accommodation or Reasonable Modification in Housing

Sample Request Letter for Emotional Support Animal as Reasonable Accommodation in Housing

Fair Housing for People with Mental Health, Intellectual, or Developmental Disabilities: A Guide for Housing Providers

Fair Housing Information Sheet #4: Using Reasonable Accommodations to Prevent Eviction

HUD: Office of General Counsel Guidance on Application of Fair Housing Act Standards to the Use of Criminal Records by Providers of Housing and Real Estate-Related Transactions

HUD: Office of Public and Indian Housing Guidance for Public Housing Agencies and Owners of Federally-Assisted Housing on Excluding the Use of Arrest Records in Housing Decisions

HUD FAQs: Excluding the Use of Arrest Records in Housing Decisions

FHA Checklist: A Guide to Accessible Design and Construction Compliance

Housing Accessibility Needs Checklist

What Law Applies? A Comparison of 504, FHA, ADA, and Maryland Law