Am I violating the fair housing law?

Question

Is it a violation of the fairing housing law, if I put the wheelchair ramp  that’s connected to my rental property in the description when advertising for new tenants?

Maurice Stewart · Answer

@Kevin Sobilo Thank you for your advice.

Kevin Sobilo · Answer

@Maurice Stewart, I don't think you have anything to worry about with that.  Whether a property meets a disabled person's needs is always something they need to verify anyways.

The kinds of subtle things to avoid would be dissuading someone from a protected class from wanting to apply for the rental. I would avoid phrases like "perfect for a single person or couple". That can be viewed as steering away people with children and familial status (people with children or who are pregnant) are a protected class with regard to real estate.

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Maurice Stewart · Answer

@Chris Mason Thank you. I’ll just post a picture of the ramp. An elderly lady in a wheelchair use to own the house.

Chris Mason · Answer

Not a lawyer, no idea.

A question I'd have in your shoes is "if I advertise the ramp, am I implying that the entire property is ADA Compliant, and could I get in trouble if it wasn't?" On the mortgage side once in a while a firm gets burned for advertising that a 7/1 ARM is "fixed" for 7 years, since a consumer could misunderstand that as meaning it's a fixed rate mortgage.

I probably wouldn't be as concerned about including a picture that happens to show the ramp.