Study: Bias against disabled renters
From Times wire reports
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development released a study that shows people with disabilities are often discriminated against when they try to rent apartments. The Chicago-based study found that people with disabilities are frequently denied their requests for reasonable modification and reasonable accommodation necessary to make the available housing fully accessible. Nearly 20% of housing providers with on-site parking refused to provide a designated accessible parking space for a wheelchair user.
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