Tenant just became wheelchair bound. Who's supposed to pay for the changes!!!!!!

[Tim Bee]

In CA:  I have a tenant who, all of a sudden is in a wheelchair.  They want widened door ways and God knows what else after that.  I'm guessing they might eventually want all the ADA requirements.  Changes to convert a whole house to meet ADA requirements and the ongoing nonsense that might keep coming up sounds insane.  Thinking about selling this home before I get in too deep.  Then there's the issue with doing a 1031 which is fine but my property taxes would go from $2200/yr to $4400/yr for an identical home.  Thoughts???

[Greg Scott]

I can't speak for California, but I am aware of federal laws.

Due to its cost, this would NOT be considered a reasonable accommodation.  In other words, you would not be required to make those changes.  Some times a tenant is willing to pay for changes.  If they wanted to pay for the updates and agreed to restore the property to its original condition (if you wanted them to) after they left, you would need to allow it.  However, this is unlikely in your case.

So what is there to do?  A reasonable accommodation would be to let them out of their lease without penalty once they find a suitable residence.