Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity 
24 CFR Part 100 
[Docket No. N-91-2011; FR 2665-N-06] 
Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines
Final Guidelines 

AGENCY: Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, HUD. 

ACTION: Notice of Adoption of Fair Housing Accessibility Guidelines -- Final Guidelines. 

SUMMARY: This document presents guidelines adopted by the Department of Housing and Urban Development to provide builders and developers with technical guidance on how to comply with the specific accessibility requirements of the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988. Issuance of this document follows consideration of public comment received on proposed accessibility guidelines published in the Federal Register on June 15, 1990. The guidelines presented in this document are intended to provide technical guidance only, and are not mandatory. The guidelines will be codified in the 1991 edition of the Code of Federal Regulations as Appendix II to the Fair Housing regulations (24 CFR Ch. I, Subch. A, App. II). The preamble to the guidelines will be codified in the 1991 edition of the Code of Federal Regulations as Appendix III to the Fair Housing regulations (24 CFR Ch. I, Subch. A, App. III). 

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 6, 1991 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Merle Morrow, Office of HUD Program Compliance, Room 5204, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20410-0500, telephone (202) 708-2618 (voice) or (202) 708-0015 (TDD). (These are not toll-free numbers.) 

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Adoption of Final Guidelines 
II. Statutory and Regulatory Background 
III. Proposed Accessibility Guidelines 
IV. Public Comments and Commenters 
V. Discussion of Principal Public Comment Issues, and Section-by-Section Analysis of the Final Guidelines 

1.Discussion of General Comments on the Guidelines ANSI Standard.
2.Section-by-Section Analysis of Final Guidelines 
3.Discussion of Comments on Related Fair Housing  Issues Compliance Deadline

VI. Other Matters 

Codification of Guidelines 
Regulatory Impact Analysis 
Environmental Impact 
Executive Order 12606, The Family Executive Order 12611, Federalism 

Section 1. Introduction 
Section 2. Definitions 
Section 3. Fair Housing Act Design and Construction Requirements 
Section 4. Application of the Guidelines 
Section 5. Guidelines

Requirement 1
Requirements 2 and 3
Requirements 4, 5, and 6
Requirement 7

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Content updated December 5, 2000 

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U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
451 7th Street S.W., Washington, DC 20410
Telephone: (202) 708-1112   TTY: (202) 708-1455

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