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- Referred to codes
- Delivered to assembly
- Passed senateVote 56–2
- Ordered to third reading cal.1061
- Committee discharged and committed to rules
- Referred to judiciary
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Requires access to new homes by persons with disabilities
In Assembly Committee · Rules · Sponsor Joan Millman
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S8150
Title of bill
An act to amend the real property law, in relation to the visitability of new homes by persons with disabilities
Purpose
The purpose of this article is to establish minimum regulations for the design and construction of new single family homes, townhouses or the ground unit of a building with three or fewer dwellings units by builders who receive state or federal funds and subsidies to provide for the occupancy and 'visitability' for and by person with disabilities.
Summary of provisions
The real property law is amended by adding a new Article 15: "Visitability" of New Construction.
The article establishes minimum standards for the accessibility by the mobility impaired 1) from the public street or driveway to the exterior door of a dwelling, 2) interior doors, 3) environmental controls, 4) habitable space and 5) interior bathroom requirements.
The article also has an enforcement/penalty clause of not less than fifty and not more than five hundred dollars for each offense and for each day the violation continues to occur.
* Amendment: to include height and dimensions omitted from original draft and enforcement provisions.
Justification
The availability of accessible, affordable and integrated housing opportunities for people with disabilities is critical to sustaining fully independent lives in their communities.
"Visitability" is a movement to change home construction practices so that new homes offer a few specific features that would make it easier for people with a mobility impairment to occupy and visit. The spirit of "Visitability" is the belief that it is unacceptable that new homes continue to be built with gross barriers, given the ease of building basic access into the majority of new homes and the harsh effects major barriers have on people's lives, including physically unsafe conditions, social isolation and unwanted institutionalization.
Fiscal implications
None.
Effective date
One hundred eightieth day after it shall have become a law and shall apply to dwelling units for which construction shall begin on or after such date.
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