If someone is successfully sued under the Fair Housing Act, will a court order the building to be torn down and rebuilt?
No judge has ever ordered a non-compliant building to be torn down, nor has any federal law enforcement agency requested that kind of remedy. Typical remedies sought in Fair Housing Act access cases include requiring full retrofitting where that is possible, building additional accessible units in other locations, funding accessibility changes to individual units when the units become vacant, or with the agreement of occupants, and other creative options. However, maximizing accessibility and providing at least as many accessible units as should have been provided in the property are likely to be key relief that will be sought in such cases.
