What is a reasonable accommodation request …

As defined by HUD Handbook 4350.3, Chapter 2: Civil Rights and Nondiscrimination Requirements, Section 3: Additional Nondiscrimination and Accessible Requirement for Persons with Disabilities, Subsection 4: Reasonable Accommodation, Paragraph 2-39: What are Reasonable Accommodations, page 2-37.

A reasonable accommodation is a change, exception, or adjustment to a program, service, building, dwelling unit, or workplace that will allow a qualified person with a disability to:

• Participate fully in a program;

• Take advantage of a service;

• Live in a dwelling; or

• Perform a job

Reasonable accommodations include, for example, those that are necessary for a person with a disability to use and enjoy a dwelling.

To show that a requested accommodation may be necessary, there must be an identifiable relationship, or nexus, between the requested accommodation and the individual’s disability.