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Sep 88 | Passage of Fair Housing Act (FHA) Amendments of 1988
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Nov 88 | HUD issues notice of proposed rule making on full set of FHA provisions
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Dec 88 | NAHB analyzes proposed rule and submits 44 pages of comments to HUD
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Jan 89 | HUD issues final rulerestatement of Act, no guidance to designers or builders
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Mar-Apr 89 | NAHB meets with various disability related groups and reaches agreement to form task force composed of three NAHB members and three members representing the National Coordinating Council on Spinal Cord Injury (NCCSCI), a group of 15 disability related organizations
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Apr-Jun 89 | NAHB/NCCSCI task force develops workable guidelines emphasizing quality, accessibility, affordability, design, and coverage; task force briefs HUD officials on work of task force; other disability organizations asked to participate
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Sep 89 | NAHB/NCCSCI task force publishes formally publishes its recommendations for implementation of FHA accessibility provisions and submits them HUD
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Sep-Nov 89 | NAHB/NCCSCI disseminates its report and solicits comments from disability organizations and the public
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Nov 89 | NAHB/NCCSCI task force notifies HUD about critical issues involving site impracticality determination, clear openings for doors, and costs of HUD approach
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Dec 89-Jan 90 | NAHB analyzes HUD proposal and shows HUD that costs of HUD approach were significantly higher than NAHB/NCCSCI recommendations and accessibility of HUD proposal was significantly lower than NAHB/NCCSCI approach
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Jan-Feb 90 | NAHB submits copies of its analysis of costs and effectiveness of HUD proposal to Office of Management and Budget
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Mar 90 | NAHB/NCCSCI task force briefs HUD officials on task force recommendations and comparisons with HUD proposals
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23 Apr 90 | NAHB/NCCSCI holds press briefing to show that HUD accessibility requirements for apartments are excessive and inflexible, are costly and provide less accessibility than NAHB/NCCSCI recommendations
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8 May 90 | HUD issues preliminary regulatory impact analysis
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May-Jun 90 | NAHB/NCCSCI evaluates HUD cost estimates and shows that they are significantly underestimated
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15 Jun 90 | HUD issues proposed rule for guidelines
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Jul-Sep 90 | NAHB/NCCSCI task force analyzes proposed rule and forms coalition of broader group of professional, housing, disability, and industry groups. HUD issues revised cost analysis
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13 Sep 90 | NAHB coalition submits comments on proposed HUD guidelines.
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9 Oct 90 | NAHB coalition transmits analysis of HUD's revised cost analysis to HUD
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Nov 90 | NAHB coalition publishes 'The Impact of Proposed Fair Housing Guidelines on Multi-Family Housing Design and Costs: with Alternative Recommendations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development' which includes both Sep 13 and Oct 9 reports
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Dec 90 | NAHB submits copies of materials previously sent to HUD to OMB
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8 Jan 91 | NAHB and Paralyzed Veterans of America (PVA) meet with Council on Competitiveness (COC) staff to clarify coalition's concerns with HUD proposed rule
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Jan-Feb 91 | HUD, OMB, and COC meet to discuss proposed rule. Coalition responds to COC's questions on coalition's recommendations
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6 Mar 91 | HUD issues final rule incorporating some of coalition's recommendations
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Mar 91-Pres | NAHB and PVA conduct nationwide educational workshops about compliance with HUD guidelines Where? How Many?
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May 91-Jul 92 | NAHB coalition develop detailed guide for compliance with HUD guidelines entitled Fair Housing Design Guide for Accessibility and submits guide to HUD for review and possible endorsement
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16 Dec 96 | NBN article on stepped up enforcement of FHA
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17 Dec 96 | NAHB officials meet with Justice Department
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17 Jan 97 | NAHB staff travel to Chicago to meet with area builders on accessibility issues
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10 Feb 97 | NAHB staff meet with Justice Department on accessibility issues
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15 Apr 97 | NAHB and other groups meet with HUD Assistant Secretary on Fair Housing Accessibility regarding continuing effort to incorporate accessibility requirements into building codes
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7 May 97 | NAHB meets with HUD and model building code officials and advocacy groups to discuss incorporating accessibility requirements into model codes and to obtain HUD signoff on codes
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12 Jun 97 | NAHB requests Justice Department to establish amnesty program
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Aug 97 | NAHB/NAHB Research Center submits proposal to HUD for funding to do training on the FHA accessibility requirements
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16 Oct 97 | Department of Justice rejects NAHB's request for 'amnesty' program
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19 Dec 97 | NAHB and others send letter to HUD outlining abuses of FHA tester program and other concerns
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Winter 98 | NAHB/NAHB Research Center obtains HUD funding to conduct training sessions on accessibility How much?
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12 Jan 98 | NAHB meets with HUD Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing regarding NAHB request for model code review and other concerns
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3 Feb 98 | NAHB sends letter to HUD emphasizing need for HUD to review model codes for consistency with model codes
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Jun 98 | NAHB conducts accessibility training in Chicago, Illinois, and Boise, Idaho First Training
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Summer 98 | NAHB reviews HUD Accessibility Design Manual to determine where the manual goes beyond the HUD guidelines
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Aug 98 | NAHB conducts accessibility training in Orlando, Florida, at Southeast Builders Conf.
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25 Aug 98 | NAHB meets with HUD officials to discuss concept of voluntary compliance program; HUD wary of concept
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Sep 98 | NAHB conducts accessibility training in Tidewater, Virginia; NAHB's Fair Housing Accessibility subcommittee determines not to proceed further with concept of 'voluntary compliance' program at this time
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Oct 98 | NAHB conducts accessibility training at Tysons Corner, Virginia
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8 Oct 98 | NAHB transmits letter to HUD outlining 13 areas where design manual goes beyond guidelines
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Oct 98 | NAHB conducts accessibility training in St. Louis, Missouri
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Dec 98 | NAHB conducts accessibility training in Charlotte, North Carolina
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9 Jan 99 | HUD responds to NAHB letter of 8 Oct 98disputes all of NAHB contentions
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Jan 99 | NAHB adopts policy at 1999 Convention calling for meetings with HUD, Justice, and other Administration officials to seek administrative solutions to FHA problem
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Feb 99 | NAHB scheduled to provide accessibility training in Seattle, Washington
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Mar 99 | NAHB scheduled to provide accessibility training in Wilmington, North Carolina
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Apr 99 | NAHB scheduled to provide accessibility training in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, Fargo, North Dakota, and Los Angeles, California
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