Landlord "responsibilities" for ADA

[Jim Bentley]

There was a local news story yesterday about a gentleman who was put into a wheelchair by cancer, and his mean landlord wouldn't build him a wheelchair ramp.  Instead a group of volunteers did it for him.

One quote from one of the volunteers, was “The state has yet to adopt the Americans With Disabilities Act that was passed 25 years ago, so that landlords and people could get training and know what their responsibilities are for people with disabilities,” he said.  Of course, our award winning local news station didn't bother to dig into that comment. 

However, based on what I've read here, landlords do not have to conform to ADA.  We cannot refuse to rent to a disabled person, but we don't have to build wheelchair ramps, bathroom handholds, low light switches, etc.  Correct?

Link to the story

[Steve Vaughan]

Of course they blamed the landlord!  Everybody knows we are all just rich misers taking advantage of the down-trodden! lol

From what I understand (I am not a lawyer) modifications cannot be disallowed if 'reasonable' and at the expense of the tenant.  I had one deemed unreasonable once by the town inspector guy. The house was too close to the street for a ramp to fit (even with a huge turn) and the 100-yo bathroom only had a radius of 2.5 feet.  Need 5 for ADA I guess.

This wasn't a current tenant that became wheel-chair bound.  Each state probably has ADA compliance language online in general and regarding landlord-tenant law.  Thanks for posting @Jim Bentley!