Fair Housing

A Michigan condominium association refuses to allow a unit owner to install grab bars in their unit's bathroom to accommodate their disability. This is most likely:

APermissible under reasonable HOA rules
BA violation of fair housing law — the association must allow reasonable modifications✓ Correct
CPermissible if the modification would damage the unit
DPermissible because HOA rules take precedence over fair housing

Explanation

Under the Fair Housing Act, housing providers must allow disabled persons to make reasonable modifications to their unit at the tenant's/owner's expense. Refusing to allow accessibility modifications (grab bars) is a fair housing violation.

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