Samuel,a physically disabled young man,has rented an apartment from Beth for a period of two years.Samuel finds that the apartment is ill equipped to handle his basic needs;he asks Beth for permission to make a few small alterations so that he can move around the house with minimum support.Beth refuses to let him do so and asks him to find another place to live.Is Beth's refusal legal?

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Samuel,a physically disabled young man,has rented an apartment from Beth for a period of two years.Samuel finds that the apartment is ill equipped to handle his basic needs;he asks Beth for permission to make a few small alterations so that he can move around the house with minimum support.Beth refuses to let him do so and asks him to find another place to live.Is Beth's refusal legal?

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The Fair Housing Act makes it a discriminatory practice for a landlord to refuse to permit a tenant with a handicap to make-at his own expense-reasonable modifications to leased property.

Samuel,a Physically Disabled Young Man,has Rented an Apartment from Beth