What Types of Reasonable Accommodations in Terms of Parking are Available for People with Disabilities?

State and Federal Fair Housing Laws Dealing with Parking for People with Disabilities
When a resident with a disability that limits or restricts his or her mobility complaints to his or her property manager about the lack of suitable parking or requests suitable spaces, the resident is requesting a reasonable accommodation. Under State and Federal Fair Housing laws, the property manager is obligated to make the accommodation to their policies or services:

• By designating additional spaces beyond the minimum required by State parking law, if reasonable and necessary to afford the resident an equal opportunity to use and enjoy his or her dwelling unit.
• By assisting with the enforcement of the designated parking spaces in order that the residents with disabilities have use of those spaces.
• Making other modifications to its (parking) policies and procedures if reasonable and necessary to afford the resident an equal opportunity to use and enjoy his or her dwelling unit.

To ensure that a housing complex is meeting both the requirements of the law and the needs of its residents, the property manager can request information about parking needs, including the need for a 'persons with disabilities' parking space at the time that the lease is entered. In this manner, the property manager will have current, accurate information with which to designate spaces for its residents and guests. In the interim, property managers may choose to use a survey in which they ask each resident to report the number of persons in their household, as well as the number of their visitors, who require designated parking as the basis for setting the number needed.

Remember, the State law that mandates parking for persons with disabilities sets a minimum number, not a maximum number.