cities
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ADA Title II – Maybe sidewalks aren’t services after all
Does this look like a “service, program or activity?” The official position of the Department of Justice is that every city facility – sidewalks, buildings and the like – must be made accessible because building and maintaining those facilities is a “service, program or activity” of the city. The Fifth Circuit agreed in what has Continue reading
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A warning for cities and states – ADA FHA liability for private contractors
Concepts like “privatization” and “resource sharing” and “public/private partnerships” sound great in concept, but when it comes to ADA and FHA liability these may result in municipalities and government agencies taking on risks they cannot control. A handful of cases serve to sketch out the problem. In Colorado a woman with a hearing impairment sued Continue reading
