WHAT ARE REASONABLE ACCOMMODATIONS?

Reasonable accommodations are changes, modifications, exceptions, alterations, or adaptations in our rules, policies, practices, programs, services, activities, or facilities that may be necessary to (1) provide an Individual with a Disability an equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling, including public and common use areas of a development; (2) participate in, or benefit from, a program (housing or non-housing), service or activity; or (3) avoid discrimination against an Individual with a Disability. A reasonable accommodation includes any physical or structural change to a unit or a public or common use area.

Examples are:

allowing an assistance animal in a “no-pets” building;
allowing payment of rent on a date other than the first of the month if necessary due to the date the tenant receives disability income;
granting a reserved parking space closer to the individual’s unit;
providing additional accessible or assigned parking where required accessible parking is not sufficient to meet the needs of tenants and applicants;
accepting references from professional caregivers and others when landlord references are not available for an individual moving from a nursing home or other places that serve Individuals with Disabilities;
installing a wheelchair ramp;
installing grab bars in the shower or bathroom;
installing a roll-in shower;
installing visual alerting systems and flashing lights for individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing;
adjusting counter heights for individuals who use wheelchairs;
transferring a tenant in a non-elevator building who has difficulties walking up or down stairs to a ground floor unit with no or very few stairs; and
requesting that Del Rey Square notify another individual in addition to the tenant or applicant when any concerns arise. See Appendix 8, Supplemental and Optional Contact Information for Applicants.

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