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Fair Housing vs Ansi

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omahawildcat

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Does the above article explain that the ICC wanted to get into the game of creating the requirements for apartment units and HUD doesn't want to let go of the Fair Housing Act so to make it most confusing for architects?
Am I to understand that using either meets the requirements of HUD but since most if not all AHJ use the IBC, that the ANSI codes are the minimum if HUD is not involved?
 
I quickly skimmed the article. I’m sure that ANSI and the ICC both want to be recognized as safe harbor just on principle of promoting their work. That said, if the requirements are substantially equivalent to FHA when a jurisdiction adopts ANSI, it certainly makes life easier for the designer to track just one regulation.
I also think FHADM is frozen in time and is unlikely to be updated anytime soon. While no one wants to adopt 2017 ANSI 117.1 due to the 67” turning circle, 2009 is an OK place to land. If ANSI wants newer versions to be relevant, they may want to revisit that 2017 requirement.

FHADM also has problematic elements. It requires EXACTLY 18” from centerline of toilet to side walls in Type A units. California code has a range of 17-18”. So code+regulatory compliance demands installation perfection, zero tolerances. Some CASps will say 17.75-18”, but very hard to achieve, especially at slab-on-grade toilet rough-ins.
 
Thanks for the link. Even if ICC wanted to get into the game of creating apartment accessibility requirements they couldn't because federal requirements trump all other codes. I think ICC just wanted to put the Fair Housing Act Amendments requirements (which were based on the 1986 ANSI A117.9) into Chapter 11.
 
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