The Fair Housing Act does not require any renovations to existing apartment buildings. If an alteration, renovation or addition to an apartment building resulted in a building permit being issued by a state, county, or local government after June 15, 1990, then that alteration, renovation or addition likely resulted in new construction, which would fall under the FHA.
Read MoreFHA covered units are found only in multi-family housing facilities consisting of 4 or more dwelling units. ADA residential dwelling units are not defined by the number of dwelling units but must be located in Title II or Title III facilities. It is possible that certain properties, or portions thereof, will be covered by both the FHA and Title II and/or Title III of the ADA. When the FHA and ADA overlap the more stringent requirements of each law must be met, in terms of both scoping and technical requirements.
Read More