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about the individual's disability may provide verification of a disability [Joint Statement of the Departments of HUD and Justice: Reasonable Accommodations under the Fair Housing Act] • SARA will request only information that is necessary to evaluate the disability-related need for the accommodation. SARA will not inquire about the nature or extent of any disability. • Medical records will not be accepted or retained in the participant file. • In the event that the PHA does receive confidential information about a person's specific diagnosis, treatment, or the nature or severity of the disability, the PHA will dispose of it. in place of the information, the PHA will note in the file that the disability and other requested information have been verified, the date the verification was received, and the name and address of the knowledgeable professional who sent the information [Notice PIH 2010-26]. 2-II.E. APPROVAL/DENIAL OF A REQUESTED ACCOMMODATION [Joint Statement of the Departments of HUD and Justice: Reasonable Accommodations under the Fair Housing Act]. The Reasonable Accommodation Committee will approve a request for an accommodation if the following three conditions are met: • The request was made by or on behalf of a person with a disability. • There is adisability-related need for the accommodation. • The requested accommodation is reasonable, meaning it would not impose an undue financial and administrative burden on SARA, or fundamentally alter the nature of SAHA's HCV operations (including the obligation to comply with HUD requirements and regu ations). Requests for accommodations must be assessed on acase-by-case basis, taking into account factors such as the cost of the requested accommodation, the financial resources of SARA at the time of the request, the benefits that the accommodation would provide to the family, and the availability of alternative accommodations that would effectively meet the family's disability- relatedneeds. Before making a determination whether to approve the request, SARA may enter into discussion and negotiation with the family, request more information from the family, or may require the family to sign a consent form so that SARA may verify the need for the requested accommo anon. After a request for an accommodation is presented, the Reasonable Accommodation Committee will respond, in writing, within 14 days. If the request is denied for an accommodation because it is not reasonable (it would impose an undue financial and administrative burden or fundamentally alter the nature of SAHA's operations), SARA will discuss with the family whether an alternative accommodation could effectively address the family's disability-related needs without a fundamental alteration to the HCV program and without imposing an undue financial and administrative burden. If SARA believes that the family has failed to identify a reasonable alternative accommodation after interactive discussion and negotiation, SARA will notify the family, in writing, of its Page 2-6 ~~02~2012