Example – When Owners Should Move Tenants to Accessible Units

The head of household’s grandmother, who is a member of the household, cannot climb the two flights of stairs to the unit because she has arthritis in her knees. The head of household requests that they be moved to a unit on the ground floor. The owner must move the household to the next available ground floor unit. If there are no ground floor units of the correct bedroom size expected to be available within a reasonable time (e.g., 30 days), the owner may make a unit available by requiring a tenant in a ground floor unit who is overhoused or underhoused to move to a unit within the project that is the correct size for the household.