UFAS-Accessible Unit definition

UFAS-Accessible Unit. A dwelling unit that is designed, constructed, altered or adapted to comply with UFAS and is located on a route that complies with the definitions of an Accessible Route, as defined in this Agreement and UFAS. The unit can be approached, entered and used by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs. In conformity with the UFAS requirement at § 4.34(15)(c), at least two bedrooms in dwelling units with two or more bedrooms must be made accessible and located on an accessible route. See Notice PIH 2010-26 (HA), issued on July 26, 2010. Furthermore, additional bathrooms in dwellings covered by the accessibility requirements of the FHAct must be made usable pursuant to the requirements of Chapter 7, Part B of the FHAct’s Design Manual. The accompanying Non-Housing Programs must also be accessible unless the PRPHA can demonstrate that the structural alterations needed to make the Non-Housing Programs accessible are structurally impracticable, and would create an undue financial and administrative burden. A UFAS-Accessible Unit further means a dwelling unit that is designed, constructed, altered or adapted to comply with the ADA 2010 Standards, except for specific elements which must still meet the technical requirements of UFAS, as established in HUD’s May 23, 2014 notice No. FR–5784–N–
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UFAS-Accessible Unit. A Dwelling Unit that is designed, constructed, altered or adapted to comply with UFAS, is located on an Accessible Route and is Accessible, as defined in this Agreement. The unit can be approached, entered and used by individuals with disabilities, including individuals who use wheelchairs, on a route that complies with the definition of “Accessible Route.” In addition to the UFAS requirement at § 4.34 (15)(c), two (2) sleeping areas must be on an accessible route and when more than one bathroom is provided in a Dwelling Unit, additional bathrooms must be accessible, unless structural alterations are impracticable or would create an undue financial and administrative burden. [See, Notice PIH 2006-13 (HA), issued March 8, 2006, attached as Appendix E.] The accompanying Non-Housing Programs, as defined in this Agreement, must also be accessible, as defined in this Agreement, and comply with Section III of this Agreement.
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Examples of UFAS-Accessible Unit in a sentence

  • A UFAS-Accessible Unit will not be deemed completed under Paragraph IV.

  • The Supplemental UFAS-Accessible Unit Plan will include a Supplemental Non-Housing Program Accessibility Plan, referenced in Paragraph IV.

  • Subject to the requirements of the UFAS-Accessible Unit Plan, referenced in Paragraph IV.

  • HUD will provide its approval or comments within forty-five (45) days of receipt of both the UFAS-Accessible Unit Plan and Non-Housing Program Accessibility Plan, as referenced in Paragraph IV.

  • The Non-Housing Programs that serve the UFAS-accessible units produced under the HUD-approved UFAS-Accessible Unit Plan, as referenced in Paragraph IV.

  • The HACH shall submit quarterly UFAS-Accessible Unit Plan Reports in a format compatible with Microsoft Word XP Professional.

  • The Non-Housing Program Accessibility Plan must include: (1) specific elements to be made accessible at each development; (2) interim timeframes and benchmarks for meeting annual rates; (3) an annual timetable that coincides with the UFAS-Accessible Unit Plan not to exceed four (4)years for completion of the approved work; and (4) identification of the source of the funding to accomplish each task.

  • HUD will provide its approval, or comments, within forty-five (45) days of receipt of both HACP’s Non-Housing Program Accessibility Plan and UFAS-Accessible Unit Plan, as referenced in Paragraph IV.

  • Upon the effective date of this Agreement, in the leasing or lease renewal of every UFAS-Accessible Unit, HACH shall enforce the provisions of HACH’s Residential Lease Agreement, attached as Appendix E, that requires a resident without a disability to relocate to a vacant, non-accessible unit, at HACH’s expense, within fifteen (15) days of notice by the HACH that there is an eligible applicant or existing resident with a disability who requires the accessibility features of the unit.

  • HACH’s UFAS-Accessible Unit Plan and Non- Housing Program Accessibility Plan will coordinate HACH’s work to ensure achievement of both non-housing program accessibility and the production of UFAS-Accessible units.