Accessibility FHA - HUD Guidance on Third Party Liability Under FHA  

Thank you for your letter of September 24, 1998, regarding the application of the Fair Housing Act's design and construction requirements to purchasers of multi-family housing buildings. In particular, you ask whether the purchaser of a multi-family housing building or of a I unit within such a building who was not involved in its design or construction could be held liable for the building's failure to satisfy the accessibility requirements of the Fair Housing Act (the Act).

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