We routinely receive questions related to fair housing issues in common interest communities. Many community association directors and community association managers are aware that both the federal and state Fair Housing Acts prohibit discrimination against certain protected classes of persons in the provision of housing and services related to housing. One of the protected classes is handicapped persons. According to the Fair Housing Act, discrimination includes: (a) a refusal to permit, at the expense of the handicapped person, reasonable modifications of existing premises occupied or to be occupied by such person if such modifications may be necessary to afford such person full enjoyment of the premises; and (b) a refusal to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford such person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling.Continue Reading The Fair Housing Act – The Handicapped Person; Reasonable Modifications and Reasonable Accommodations