[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR8.22]

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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 8--NONDISCRIMINATION BASED ON HANDICAP IN FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart C--Program Accessibility
 
Sec. 8.22  New construction--housing facilities.

    (a) New multifamily housing projects (including public housing and 
Indian housing projects as required by Sec. 8.25) shall be designed and 
constructed to be readily accessible to and usable by individuals with 
handicaps.
    (b) Subject to paragraph (c) of this section, a minimum of five 
percent of the total dwelling units or at least one unit in a 
multifamily housing project, whichever is greater, shall be made 
accessible for persons with mobility impairments. A unit that is on an 
accessible route and is adaptable and otherwise in compliance with the 
standards set forth in Sec. 8.32 is accessible for purposes of this 
section. An additional two percent of the units (but not less than one 
unit) in such a project shall be accessible for persons with hearing or 
vision impairments.
    (c) HUD may prescribe a higher percentage or number than that 
prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section for any area upon request 
therefor by any affected recipient or by any State or local government 
or agency thereof based upon demonstration to the reasonable 
satisfaction of HUD of a need for a higher percentage or number, based 
on census data or other available current data (including a currently 
effective Housing Assistance Plan or Comprehensive Homeless Assistance 
Plan), or in response to evidence of a need for a higher percentage or 
number received in any other manner. In reviewing such request or 
otherwise assessing the existence of such needs, HUD shall take into 
account the expected needs of eligible persons with and without 
handicaps.

[53 FR 20233, June 2, 1988, as amended at 56 FR 920, Jan. 9, 1991]