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Title HUD housing programs for persons with disabilities / Ervin C. Felker, editor
Published New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2009

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Description 1 online resource
Series Housing issues, laws and programs series
Housing, issues, laws and programs series.
Contents HUD HOUSING PROGRAMS FORPERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; HUD HOUSING PROGRAMS FORPERSONS WITH DISABILITIES; CONTENTS; PREFACE; SECTION 811 AND OTHER HUD HOUSINGPROGRAMS FOR PERSONSWITH DISABILITIES*; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIESAND THE FAIR HOUSING ACT; Reasonable Modifications; Reasonable Accommodations; SECTION 811 SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PERSONSWITH DISABILITIES PROGRAM; Evolution of the Section 811 Program; Definition of Person with Disabilities in HUD Housing Programs; Capital Grants and Project Rental Assistance; Tenant-Based Vouchers
OTHER HUD HOUSING DESIGNATEDFOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIESPublic Housing; Project-Based Section 8 Rental Assistance; Section 8 Vouchers for Persons with Disabilities; HOUSING FINANCED BY LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAXCREDITS AND HUD BLOCK GRANTS; The Low-Income Housing Tax Credit; The HOME Investment Partnerships Program; The Community Development Block Grant Program; ISSUES AND TRENDS; Using Section 811 Funds with Low-Income Housing Tax Credits; Housing Need for Persons with Disabilities; Homeless Persons with Disabilities; Legislation
APPENDIX A. DEFINITIONS OF DISABILITY APPLICABLETO HUD HOUSING PROGRAMSENDNOTES; JOINT STATEMENT OFTHE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBANDEVELOPMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OFJUSTICE. REASONABLE MODIFICATIONSUNDER THE FAIR HOUSING ACT*; INTRODUCTION; QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS; 1. What Types of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilitiesdoes the Act Prohibit?; 2. What Is a Reasonable Modification under the Fair Housing Act?; 3. Who is Responsible for the Expense of Making a ReasonableModification?; 4. Who Qualifies as a Person with a Disability under the Act?
5. Who is Entitled to a Reasonable Modification under the FairHousing Act?6. If a Disability is not Obvious, what Kinds of Information May aHousing Provider Request from the Person with a Disability inSupport of a Requested Reasonable Modification?; 7. What Kinds of Information, if any, May a Housing ProviderRequest from a Person with an Obvious or Known Disability who isRequesting a Reasonable Modification?; 8. Who must Comply with the Fair Housing Act's ReasonableModification Requirements?
9. What is the Difference between a Reasonable Accommodationand a Reasonable Modification under the Fair Housing Act?10. Are Reasonable Modifications Restricted to the Interior of aDwelling?; 11. Is a Request for a Parking Space because of a PhysicalDisability a Reasonable Accommodation or a ReasonableModification?
Notes Edited, excerpted and augmented editions of 1.) a CRS Report for Congress publication, Order Code RL34728, dated Nov. 3, 2008; and 2.) a U.S. Dept. of Justice and U.S. Dept. of Housing and Urban Development publication, Washington, D.C., dated Mar. 5, 2008
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Description based on print version record
Subject United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
SUBJECT United States. Department of Housing and Urban Development fast
Subject People with disabilities -- Housing -- Law and legislation -- United States
People with disabilities -- Housing -- United States
LAW -- Taxation.
People with disabilities -- Housing
United States
Form Electronic book
Author Felker, Ervin C
LC no. 2020688619
ISBN 9781614700555
1614700559