FAIR HOUSING: Accommodate Accessibility Requests -- Before The Feds Come Knocking

Costs can really soar when you have to compensate individuals, too.

If you think you can skip over making your property accessible to people with disabilities just because the process is expensive, you should go ahead and prepare to be on the losing end of a Fair Housing Act complaint.

The Department of Justice has ruled that the owners, developers, architect, and civil engineers of Park Place Apartments in Louisville, KY must compensate 29 individuals with disabilities to the tune of $275,000 because those individuals were unable to access any of the property's 276 units.

In addition to the individual compensation, the DOJ tasked Park Place with......