The tenant them becomes responsible for compliance with the ADA, not the church leasing the facility. If a church service organization operates with assistance of federal money, the shelter will be required to be accessible to people with disabilities under section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Section 504 prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities by entities receiving federal financial assistance. The broad latitude afforded by the Lemon test for federal funding of churches' nonsectarian social programs can allow for federal support for religiously affiliated programs in the areas of housing, child care, nutrition, health, inclusion, drug intervention and assistance for the poor. Many 'Mega Churches' define your personal success by the job you hold or the social circles you fit into.
Churches make a glaring and condescending spectacle of people who think differently than they.
They flatly refused. This church is approximately two blocks from the hospital and has had no known ministry to a 'community' that were truly its 'neighbors'. The good news is that the church recently issued an apology. They have become interested in the folks over at the hospital and have begun to minister to them and welcome them into the congregation. Many parents of children with disabilities report that they converted to different denominations or left churches with policies of exclusion to join churches with visible adult congregates with disabilities that had already begun paving the way to inclusion in that church community.