[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

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]