2012 Florida Accessibility Code for Building Construction Pocket Guide
233.3.2 Residential Dwelling Units for Sale.
233.3.2 Residential Dwelling Units for Sale. Residential dwelling units offered for sale shall provide accessible features to the extent required by regulations issued by Federal agencies under the Americans with Disabilities Act or Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
Residential dwelling units designed and constructed or altered by public entities that will be offered for sale to individuals shall comply with the requirements for residential facilities in sections 233 and 809.
Advisory 233.3.2 Residential Dwelling Units For Sale. DOJ regulation 28 CFR 35.1511(j)(2), for public entities (Title II) adds the following clarification regarding construction of dwelling units for sale to preselected buyers with disabilities: “The requirements of paragraph (1) also apply to housing programs that are operated by public entities where design and construction of particular residential dwelling units take place only after a specific buyer has been identified. In such programs, the covered entity must provide the units that comply with the requirements for accessible features to those pre-identified buyers with disabilities who have requested such a unit.”
2010 ADA Standards Advisory 233.3.2 Residential Dwelling Units for Sale. A public entity that conducts a program to build housing for purchase by individual home buyers must provide access according to the requirements of the ADA regulations and a program receiving Federal financial assistance must comply with the applicable Section 504 regulation.
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