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U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Washington, D.C. 20410-8000

 
May 15, 1995
 
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY
FOR HOUSING-FEDERAL HOUSING COMMISSIONER
 
Mortgagee Letter 95-21
 
     TO:  ALL APPROVED MORTGAGEES
 
        SUBJECT:  Single Family Loan Production - Compliance with the
                          Handicapped Accessibility Requirements of the Fair
                          Housing Act
 
                This Mortgagee Letter is to remind lenders, sponsors,
        builders, developers, architects, and executives of condominium
        associations that handicapped accessibility requirements are
        still in effect.  If applicable to your building, you must be in
        compliance with them.
 
                If you have a dwelling unit in a "covered multifamily
        dwelling" with a mortgage insured under any of the Department's
        single family programs that have handicapped accessibility design
        and construction requirements, you are required to continue to
        comply with the Fair Housing Act that specifically affects
        multifamily dwellings and their dwelling units.  Program
        participants are responsible to insure that their projects
        conform to the handicapped accessibility requirements.
 
                Specifications on the requirements for "covered multifamily
        dwellings" and their dwelling units can be found under Section
        804(f)(3)(c) of the Fair Housing Act.
 
                If you have any questions regarding this memorandum, please
        contact your local HUD Office.
 
Sincerely yours,
 

Nicolas P. Retsinas
Assistant Secretary for Housing
- Federal Housing Commissioner