HUD CHARGES NEW MEXICO LANDLORD WITH DISCRIMINATION FOR DENYING DISABLED TENANT’S REQUEST TO MAKE RENTAL HOME ACCESSIBLE

ALBUQERQUE – October 3, 2012 – (RealEstateRama) — The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it is charging an Albuquerque, NM, landlord with violating the Fair Housing Act by refusing to allow a tenant with disabilities to modify his rental home to enable the tenant touse a wheelchair, even though the tenant agreed to pay all costs associated with making the modifications. In requesting the modifications, the tenant informed the landlord that all of the work would be performed by licensed contractors and that if the landlord wished, he would pay to return the unit to its original condition.