Example – Owners Requiring — HUD Handbook 4350.3 REV-1

For marketing reasons or operational considerations, the owner may require the tenant to raise cabinets that have been lowered or replace roll-under lavatories with the previously existing vanity/sink combination.

C. Owners may not require any increased security deposits for persons with disabilities. However, where it is necessary in order to ensure that funds will be available to pay for restorations at the end of the tenancy, the Fair Housing Act allows the owner to negotiate as part of a restoration agreement, a provision requiring that the tenant pay into an interest bearing escrow account, over a reasonable period, a reasonable amount of money not to exceed the cost of the restorations. The interest of such an account must accrue to the benefit of the tenant.

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Section 3: Additional Nondiscrimination and Accessibility Requirements for Persons with Disabilities Subsection 5: Additional Fair Housing Act Requirements

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D. Owners may condition permission for a modification on the tenant’s providing reasonable assurances that the work will be done in a workmanlike manner and that any required building permits will be obtained.