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Who is a Person with Disabilities?

The Fair Housing Act defines "handicap" as:

1) a physical or mental impairment which substantially limits one or ore of such person's major life activities,

2) a record of having such an impairment, or

3) being regarded as having such an impairment, but such term does not include current, illegal use of or addition to a controlled substance (as defined in section 802 of title 21).

Please read how persons with disabilities and others are protected by fair housing laws.

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