Learn the best defense against physical accessibility complaints and three simple action steps to follow if one is filed. This discussion focuses on privately-owned businesses that provide goods and services to the public. Some examples include a hotel, restaurant, retail store, bank, museum, hospital, theater, convention center, or stadium. Title III of the Americans with …
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Complying with Fair Housing Act accessibility regulations is good for business in the multifamily housing industry. People with disabilities are the only minority that can be discriminated against solely by the design of the built environment. Design requirements of the Fair Housing Amendments Act are intended to remedy this inequity. Today 61 million adult Americans …
The Americans with Disabilities Act and the Fair Housing Act are both federal civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination against people with disabilities but they have different accessible design and construction requirements. Although the ADA and FHA overlap in limited circumstances, FHA regulations primarily apply to multifamily residential projects and ADA regulations primarily apply …
The Chicago Housing Authority and its project partners consistently rely on LCM to evaluate compliance with UFAS, FHA, ADA, ADAAG, and the Chicago Building Code for multifamily properties. CHA retained LCM as a third party certifier to verify compliance with applicable accessibility regulations and code requirements in Senior, Family, and Scattered Site Housing developments, as …
Scope of Services Accessibility Plan Reviews Trainings Select Projects Include: Courthouse Square Wheaton Focus Spectre 831 Emerson 1717 Ridge Reserve at Glenview Focus is a premier residential developer and general contractor based in Chicago. The company has built a significant portfolio of multifamily housing projects in the city and suburbs since it’s founding in 1993. …
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development sponsors Fair Housing Accessibility FIRST to promote Fair Housing Act compliance. Nearly 40 million multifamily buildings are subject to the FHA’s design and construction requirements. As Program Manager for FHA FIRST, LCM provides technical guidance to the public through a comprehensive training curriculum, a toll-free Design and …
Select Projects Onyx Edina, Edina, MN NordHaus, Minneapolis, MN The Emerson, Oak Park, IL Marisol, Carlsbad, CA Quarry Creek, CA Marlowe River North, Chicago, IL Indigo BCS, Bloomington, MN The Brook On Janes, Bolingbrook, IL LMC relies on LCM Architects’ accessibility consulting services to help the multifamily developer comply with FHA design and construction requirements. …
Select Projects The Everlee- Tomball TX Rancho Cordova- Cordova, CA The Altitude 970- Kanas City MO Anson on Palmer-Sarasota, FL Baseline 158- Beaverton, OR Johnston Park II- Johnstown, CO The Eldorado at Interlocken, Broomfield, CO Renaissance Apartments- Overland Park, KS 45th and Tower Apartments Denver, CO AG Spanos engages LCM on an ongoing basis to …
For more than a decade, LCM has provided reliable assistance through all phases of project development. Our services include plan reviews, construction reviews, submittal reviews, and training to assist Crescent’s properties to comply with the FHA.
Select Projects 640 S Wabash, Chicago 1911 Walnut (Rittenhouse Square), Philadelphia, PA Mather Splendido, Oro Valley, AZ 1600 E 53rd, Chicago 1550 N Clark, Chicago Tribune Tower Conversion, Chicago SCB looks to LCM Architects for consultation on design and construction requirements of the Fair Housing Act (FHA). Chicago-based SCB has a significant portfolio of multifamily …