Fair housing
Reasonable accommodation
A change to a rule or policy so a disabled person can use a dwelling equally
Waiving a no-pets policy for an assistance animal, or assigning an accessible parking space, are the standard examples. It concerns rules; a reasonable modification concerns the physical premises, and the two terms are not interchangeable.
How the exam asks about it
The usual test point is who pays. A modification to the premises is generally at the tenant’s expense in private housing, while an accommodation in policy costs the landlord nothing but the exception.
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