The following question and answer are provided by the US Department of Housing and Urban Development.

The Fair Housing Act was amended to cover people with disabilities in 1988, but its accessibility requirements only apply to housing built after 1991. Why?

Before Congress passed the law in 1988, no federal law required private housing to be accessible unless it was funded with federal dollars. That meant that the Fair Housing Act represented a major change in housing law. Congress delayed the effective date for the access provisions to give developers, builders, and architects more time to incorporate the new access standards into their building plans.

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