1. (a) Generally, housing designed and constructed for first occupancy after March 13, 1991 must comply with the Fair Housing Act. This includes Units, common areas, and amenities added to existing buildings, or on land under common ownership and contiguous with housing otherwise exempt from the Fair Housing Act.
2. (b) Compliance with the Fair Housing Act makes it unlawful to discriminate based on a person's disability, race, color, religion, sex, familial status, or national origin unless there is an exception in federal law.
3. (c) Although HUD recognizes seven safe harbors for compliance with the design and construction requirements, the Department requires compliance with HUD's Fair Housing Act Design Manual.

Source Note:The provisions of this §1.205 adopted to be effective February 16, 2014, 39 TexReg 623; amended to be effective January 2, 2017, 41 TexReg 10565.