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