Renting to a blind person - legal issues

[Bobby Narinov]

It looks like I am doing a lot of learning with my 21 unit apartment complex.

So here s my first blind person rental. I got this very nice lady that wants to rent with me. I ran a background check and she is perfect. No problems with previous landlords, no evictions, FICO above 740. The only problem is that she is disabled, i.e blind. Her sister is doing most of the hand holding for her but the problem is how binding is the lease agreement if she can not see it?

Do I need to have her sister that read the contract to her sign something? I have other disabled people in my complex but their disabilities were not sight.

Her sister will be visiting her pretty much daily but her sister goes to work during the day and she will be alone during the night.

What should I be watching about? Any experience with renting to a single blind person?

[Account Closed]

Heck, you could rent to a non-disabled person who burns the place down after smoking pot against the rules in your unit LOL.

Just pretend she can see and treat her like that.  She's used to finding the resources she needs.

If she requests a "reasonable accommodation" and it's not a financial hardship for you (per the fed definition), you will have to provide it.  I'm not sure what a blind person might need, and you are not required to ask if they need an accommodation.  Just know if she asks for one, you will probably have to provide it, or allow her to pay for a modification.

I knew two sisters who were born blind and they didn't need any modifications to their apartment.  They just lived like anyone else.