Opinion ID: 1867704
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Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Housing Evidence

Text: Eddie Noel Hartley (Hartley) testified at trial on behalf of Dennis. He testified that he is a rehabilitation contractor, which means that he is a contractor specializing in constructing wheelchair-accessible buildings for persons with disabilities. Hartley testified that he visited Dennis' mother's house to evaluate what would be necessary to modify the home so that it would be accessible to Dennis. He concluded that although Dennis has the necessary upper-arm strength to transfer and move himself about in an accessible environment, it would not be possible to modify Dennis' mother's home to make it wheelchair-accessible. Gregory E. Garner (Garner) testified at trial on behalf of Erin Truckways. Garner testified that he was a contractor specializing in accessibility design. Garner agreed with Hartley that Dennis' mother's house was not capable of being modified to make it wheelchair-accessible. Garner testified that he had located two apartment complexes in the area where Dennis wished to live that had wheelchair-accessible units. He also identified several others that could be modified to be wheelchair-accessible. He testified that the rents ranged from $619 per month to $799 per month. He testified that there was no price difference between accessible apartments and non-accessible apartments in those complexes.