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Reasonable modification

A reasonable modification is a necessary physical change to a dwelling or common area that enables a person with a disability to fully use and enjoy the housing.

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 modification mean in real estate?

A reasonable modification is a necessary physical change to a dwelling or common area that enables a person with a disability to fully use and enjoy the housing.

How is Reasonable modification different from the closest exam answer?

A modification changes the physical premises. An accommodation changes a rule, policy, practice, or service.

What is the Georgia-specific rule?

Federal fair housing law applies in Georgia. In many private housing settings the requester pays, subject to rules on reasonableness, restoration, and federally assisted housing.

Worked exam example

Scenario

A tenant obtains permission to install grab bars and a ramp needed for disability access.

Decision rule

A modification changes the physical premises. An accommodation changes a rule, policy, practice, or service.

What is the most common exam trap?

Trap correction

Do not apply the ordinary no-alterations lease clause without analyzing the federal modification right.

Memory cue: Do not apply the ordinary no-alterations lease clause without analyzing the federal modification right.

Original exam check

Apply the definition

Which statement correctly explains Reasonable modification?

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Related terms to learn next

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.

Fair Housing Act

The federal Fair Housing Act prohibits discrimination in covered housing sales, rentals, advertising, financing, brokerage, and related services because of race, color, religion, sex, familial status, national origin, or disability.

Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

The Americans with Disabilities Act is the federal civil-rights law prohibiting disability discrimination in covered employment, government services, public accommodations, commercial facilities, transportation, and communications.

Protected class

A protected class is a group defined by a characteristic that anti-discrimination law prohibits decision-makers from using as a basis for specified housing, credit, employment, or public-accommodation conduct.

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Reasonable modification quick answers

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What is Reasonable modification?

A reasonable modification is a necessary physical change to a dwelling or common area that enables a person with a disability to fully use and enjoy the housing.

What is Reasonable modification commonly confused with?

A modification changes the physical premises. An accommodation changes a rule, policy, practice, or service.

How does Georgia treat Reasonable modification?

Federal fair housing law applies in Georgia. In many private housing settings the requester pays, subject to rules on reasonableness, restoration, and federally assisted housing.