In New York City, the Fair Housing Act and the NYC Human Rights Laws protect tenants with disabilities from housing discrimination.
What is housing discrimination?
Failure to make older buildings accessible to people with disabilities
Failure to meet accommodation requirements for new buildings
Exclusion based on disability
Exclusion based on source of income
What are reasonable accommodations?
Tenants with disabilities are entitled to equal access and reasonable accommodations. A reasonable accommodation is a structural or policy change made by a property owner that gives a person with a disability the same use of the property as tenants without disabilities. If the accommodation is found to be architecturally and financially possible and will not negatively impact other tenants, then it must be paid for by the landlord. Common examples of reasonable accommodations include:
Building a ramp for wheelchair access
Allowing a service animal despite a no pets policy
Providing a reserved parking space
If you feel you have experienced housing discrimination, contact the Civil Rights Bureau of the New York State Attorney General’s Office at (212) 416-8250 or civil.rights@ag.ny.gov.
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