The Zoning of Group Homes for the Disabled...Zeroing in on a Reasonable Accommodation

Elizabeth Leamon
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Elizabeth Leamon: Judicial Clerk, Connecticut Supreme Court

Connecticut Public Interest Law Journal from University of Connecticut School of Law

Abstract: The Fair Housing Amendments Act ("FHAA") of 1988 mandates reasonable accommodations to provide the disabled equal access to housing. Since its enactment, group homes for the disabled and townships have debated the reach of the federal law over local zoning regulations. Fourteen years after passage of the FHAA the idea of a group home, especially, a group home for recovering addicts, located in a residential neighborhood still meets with formidable resistance. This attitude prevails in spite of research that reveals a group home generates no adverse impact on the community in which it operates. Nonetheless, public opposition to a group home "next door" continues to be a powerful weapon against integration and, ultimately, recovery from substance abuse.

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