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Reasonable accommodation

A reasonable accommodation is a necessary change, exception, or adjustment to a housing rule, policy, practice, or service that gives a person with a disability an equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling.

Official area

Practice of Real Estate

Knowledge cluster

Disability access

Learning sequence

Define, distinguish, apply, retrieve

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Exam purpose

Recognize the rule, then reject the nearest look-alike.

Georgia lens

Apply the state distinction only when the facts call for it.

Connected terms

Connected to 4 terms and one official content area.

What does Reasonable accommodation mean in real estate?

A reasonable accommodation is a necessary change, exception, or adjustment to a housing rule, policy, practice, or service that gives a person with a disability an equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling.

How is Reasonable accommodation different from the closest exam answer?

An accommodation changes a rule or service. A reasonable modification is a physical change to the premises.

What is the Georgia-specific rule?

Covered Georgia housing providers must evaluate requests under federal fair housing standards, including disability-related need, reasonableness, undue burden, and fundamental alteration.

Worked exam example

Scenario

A no-pets apartment grants an exception for an assistance animal needed because of a resident's disability.

Decision rule

An accommodation changes a rule or service. A reasonable modification is a physical change to the premises.

What is the most common exam trap?

Trap correction

An assistance animal is not evaluated as an ordinary pet, and a provider should not demand unnecessary medical details.

Memory cue: An assistance animal is not evaluated as an ordinary pet, and a provider should not demand unnecessary medical details.

Original exam check

Apply the definition

Which statement correctly explains Reasonable accommodation?

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Reasonable accommodation quick answers

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What is Reasonable accommodation?

A reasonable accommodation is a necessary change, exception, or adjustment to a housing rule, policy, practice, or service that gives a person with a disability an equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling.

What is Reasonable accommodation commonly confused with?

An accommodation changes a rule or service. A reasonable modification is a physical change to the premises.

How does Georgia treat Reasonable accommodation?

Covered Georgia housing providers must evaluate requests under federal fair housing standards, including disability-related need, reasonableness, undue burden, and fundamental alteration.