Who is a person with handicap?
The Fair Housing Act defines a “handicap” as follows: – a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more of such person’s major life activities, – a record of having such an impairment, or – being regarded as having such an impairment, but such term does not include current, illegal use of or addiction to a controlled substance. The term mental or physical impairment may include conditions such as blindness, hearing impairment, mobility impairment, HIV infection, mental retardation, alcoholism, drug addiction, chronic fatigue, learning disability, head injury, and mental illness. The term major life activity may include seeing, hearing, walking, breathing, performing manual tasks, caring for one’s self, learning, speaking, or working.
