[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 24, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 24CFR100.204]

[Page 660]
 
                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
    CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY, 
               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
 
PART 100_DISCRIMINATORY CONDUCT UNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT--Table of Contents
 
    Subpart D_Prohibition Against Discrimination Because of Handicap
 
Sec. 100.204  Reasonable accommodations.

    (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to refuse to make reasonable 
accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services, when such 
accommodations may be necessary to afford a handicapped person equal 
opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling unit, including public and 
common use areas.
    (b) The application of this section may be illustrated by the 
following examples:
    Example (1): A blind applicant for rental housing wants live in a 
dwelling unit with a seeing eye dog. The building has a no pets policy. 
It is a violation of Sec. 100.204 for the owner or manager of the 
apartment complex to refuse to permit the applicant to live in the 
apartment with a seeing eye dog because, without the seeing eye dog, the 
blind person will not have an equal opportunity to use and enjoy a 
dwelling.
    Example (2): Progress Gardens is a 300 unit apartment complex with 
450 parking spaces which are available to tenants and guests of Progress 
Gardens on a first come first served basis. John applies for housing in 
Progress Gardens. John is mobility impaired and is unable to walk more 
than a short distance and therefore requests that a parking space near 
his unit be reserved for him so he will not have to walk very far to get 
to his apartment. It is a violation of Sec. 100.204 for the owner or 
manager of Progress Gardens to refuse to make this accommodation. 
Without a reserved space, John might be unable to live in Progress 
Gardens at all or, when he has to park in a space far from his unit, 
might have great difficulty getting from his car to his apartment unit. 
The accommodation therefore is necessary to afford John an equal 
opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling. The accommodation is reasonable 
because it is feasible and practical under the circumstances.