[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: 24CFR8.27]



[Page 147-148]

 

                 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.  8.27  Occupancy of accessible dwelling units.



    (a) Owners and managers of multifamily housing projects having 

accessible units shall adopt suitable means to assure that information 

regarding the availability of accessible units reaches eligible 

individuals with handicaps, and shall take reasonable nondiscriminatory 

steps to maximize the utilization of such units by eligible individuals 

whose disability requires the accessibility features of the particular 

unit. To this end, when an accessible unit becomes vacant, the owner or 

manager before offering such units to a non-handicapped applicant shall 

offer such unit:

    (1) First, to a current occupant of another unit of the same 

project, or comparable projects under common control, having handicaps 

requiring the accessibility features of the vacant unit and occupying a 

unit not having such features, or, if no such occupant exists, then

    (2) Second, to an eligible qualified applicant on the waiting list 

having a



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handicap requiring the accessibility features of the vacant unit.

    (b) When offering an accessible unit to an applicant not having 

handicaps requiring the accessibility features of the unit, the owner or 

manager may require the applicant to agree (and may incorporate this 

agreement in the lease) to move to a non-accessible unit when available.