PLANNING BEST PRACTICES CAN ACCOMMODATE MORE WHEELCHAIR USERS
The federal Fair Housing Act requires that all residential (ownership and rental) buildings with four or more attached units have minimum access.
In buildings with stairs,
all ground floor units must be accessible, and in elevator buildings, all units
must have minimum access. In the case of these requirements, "minimum
access" means:
*An
accessible building entrance on an accessible route
*Accessible
and usable public and common use areas
*Usable (wide
enough and with lever handles) doors
*An
accessible route into and through (no steps or split levels) the covered unit
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