https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/fair_housing_act_overview#_What_Types_of

It is best to get such information from the horse's mouth.

Thanks Mark. But I wasn’t sure what is meant by “single family houses sold or rented by the owner without the use of an agent”. My client is going to live in the house now, but what if he wants to sell it a few years down the line? He will definitely need a realtor..

The best thing would be to ask The Department of Housing and Urban Development in writing and get their answer in writing, but my guess would be somewhere in the verbiage of the Act and it would exempt an owner occupied single family residence from kitchen and bathroom requirements, but could not deny sale of the home because the buyer did not win the Boston Marathon.

(Get it? Race . . . )

I'm not an architect, nor do I ever aspire to be, but curiosity got the better of me and I clicked on this thread to read it.

I do understand the premise of the Fair Housing Act. My question to you, Baraa and Mark (but especially Baraa), is what does the Fair Housing Act have to do with kitchen and bathroom requirements and whether or not you/your client have to abide by those requirements?

I think if you read through some of the act you will get a pretty good feel for its intent. One related act applies only for certain federally funded buildings.

Architectural Barriers Act of 1968
42 U.S.C. § 4151 et seq.

"The Architectural Barriers Act requires that buildings and facilities designed, constructed, altered, or leased with certain federal funds after September 1969 must be accessible to and useable by persons with disabilities."