Does YOUR fraternity/sorority house meet ADA requirements?

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Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

Technically, the whole house doesn't have to be accessible for the house to be ADA compliant. We have brand new chapter houses at my campus, and they are all ADA compliant. There isn't an elevator, so the upper floors aren't accessible, but the first floor is fully accessible (all common areas, ADA bedroom, guest bath, main floor bath/shower room, wide hallways, minimal doors, kitchen sink, laundry, safety lights, entrance/egress). If there isn't an elevator, the main floor needs to offer ADA compliant housing, if the house is to be considered compliant.

The sororities at my daughter's campus have elevators, and all are accessible with ADA compliant bathrooms/showers, etc., but I don't think they're as wheelchair friendly as the new houses on our campus.

At MST Kappa Detla, a person in a wheelchair can access all of the common areas on all three floors. Only the one wing is suitable for housing a person in a wheelchair, though, because it's the only one that has wheelchair accessible bathrooms. The bathrooms in the rest of the bedrooms are too small. The toilet off the dining room and the "guest bathroom" next to the president's room are also bigger.