Open Call: Building Accessibility

The Fair Housing Justice Center (FHJC) is a nonprofit civil rights organization dedicated to eliminating housing discrimination; promoting policies that foster open, accessible, and inclusive communities; and strengthening enforcement of fair housing laws.

The FHJC’s Adele Friedman Housing Accessibility Fund provides targeted financial assistance for disability-related housing modifications. The League is partnering with the FHJC on an open call to expand the list of New York City Region architects who may be called upon to assess and/or design accessibility modifications for homes within the FHJCs service areas, including all five boroughs of New York City and Dutchess, Nassau, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester Counties. Please note that those who are interesting need to be willing to engage in projects in some, but not necessarily all, of these service areas.

To be considered for inclusion in the Adele Friedman Housing Accessibility Fund architect database, architects must:

• Be familiar with federal design and construction requirements and state and local accessibility laws
• Have experience assessing compliance with federal, state, and local accessibility design and construction requirements
• Have consulted on, overseen, and/or installed a variety of accessibility design elements such as grab bars, ramps, roll-in showers, and lowering kitchen counters
• Ideally have experience working with people with disabilities. 

Qualified applicants may contact the FHJC Disability and Accessibility Legal Fellow Cassaddee Sicherer at csicherer@fairhousingjustice.org with the subject line, “AFHAF Architect Application.” Please include a cover letter, a copy of your CV, your portfolio, and a note on your location and where you would be able to work.

The FHJC typically offers bi-annual virtual training regarding accessibility laws. Learn more about the training programs offered by subscribing to the FHJC newsletter.