Fair Housing
A landlord who refuses to allow a tenant with a physical disability to install grab bars in the bathroom is violating the Fair Housing Act's requirement for:
AReasonable accommodations (changes in rules or policies)
BReasonable modifications (physical changes to the unit at the tenant's expense)✓ Correct
CAccessible design standards in new construction
DUniversal design requirements
Explanation
Installing grab bars is a reasonable modification — a physical change to the unit. Under the Fair Housing Act, landlords must allow disabled tenants to make reasonable modifications at the tenant's own expense. A refusal to permit reasonable modifications is a fair housing violation.
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