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The purpose of this toolkit is to supply you with the tools needed to acknowledge the barriers that may prevent you from the full use and satisfaction of your home and what you can do to eliminate them.

The federal Fair Housing Act (FHA) needs residential or commercial property owners to permit sensible modifications and affordable accommodations to persons with impairments so that they can have full usage and satisfaction of the residential or commercial property where they reside. The accessibility laws under the FHA ensure that, either through structural changes to the building (usually referred to as "reasonable adjustments") or changes in rules and policies (normally referred to as "affordable lodgings"), individuals with disabilities have equivalent access to and satisfaction of their homes as do non-disabled individuals.
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If you are a person with a special needs, you have the legal right to get an adjustment or accommodation to your house, if it is a sensible request and it is required to afford you access to and equivalent satisfaction of the residential or commercial property. This demand can be made prior to moving into the unit or at any time during your tenancy. This toolkit is developed to assist you assert your civil rights and request a sensible modification or an affordable accommodation from your housing company.

This toolkit consists of:

- Information about your legal rights.

• Steps that will assist you request a reasonable adjustment or lodging.
• Templates for writing a demand for an affordable modification/accommodation.
• How and where to turn for aid.
  
  Fair Housing for People with Disabilities
  
  Everyone has a right to fair housing. The capability to live where one selects with self-respect and without fear of discrimination is a standard right guaranteed to all people. The Fairfax County Office of Human Rights and Equity Programs (OHREP) implements the Fairfax County Human Rights Ordinance and the Fairfax County Fair Housing Act, which restrict discrimination in housing. If you are an individual with a special needs, you deserve to equivalent access to housing, consisting of full satisfaction of your housing. If you think that you, or someone you understand, have actually experienced housing discrimination in Fairfax County, you deserve to submit a reasonable housing problem with OHREP, however you need to do so within 365 days from the date the alleged discriminatory act happened, or when it comes to a continuing violation, from the date the supposed discriminatory act ended.
  
  What is an Impairment?
  
  The federal Fair Housing Act specifies a special needs to include a physical or psychological impairment that considerably limits several significant life activities. Major life activities are central activities to life, such as seeing, hearing, strolling, breathing, performing manual tasks, looking after oneself, and speaking. An impairment can include a hearing, visual, or movement disability