NAA Click & Lease Form Updates

NAA Click & Lease Forms Update 

Dear NAA Click & Lease User,

The NAA Click & Lease Program will be updated on June 17, 2020 to include the following changes to your lease forms. The Release Notes, which are accessible when logged into your NAA Click & Lease Program, include copies of these upcoming forms.  

Should you have any questions about these changes, please contact NAA.  As always, we recommend you and your local legal counsel review all new and/or updated forms before implementing them into your leasing operations.

Updated Forms:

1. Reasonable Modification and Accommodations Policy — The changes below were made to this form for the following states (for states not listed, no changes were made): Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey,  New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
1. Form updated to become a policy document and not an addendum to the Lease Contract.
2. Paragraph 3 Title revised as follows:
1. Existing Title: Purpose of Addendum
2. New Title: Purpose of Policy
3. Paragraph 3 language revised as follows:
1. In addition, we know that it may sometimes be necessary for persons with disabilities to be able to make modifications to their surroundings or to have accommodations made in our practices or procedures to enable them to fully enjoy and use their housing, and we have created the policy described herein to meet that need.
2. Request for Reasonable Accommodation and/or Modification to Rental Unit — The changes below were made to this form for the following states (for states not listed, no changes were made): Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey,  New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
1. Question 1 revised as follows:
1. Do you consider yourself to have a disability? NOTE: The Fair Housing Act defines a person with a disability to include individuals with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities.
3. Reasonable Accommodations/Modifications Verification Form — The changes below were made to this form for the following states (for states not listed, no changes were made): Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey,  New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming.
1. Introductory paragraph revised as follows – the word "verifiable" was removed from the sentence:
1. Dear Verifier: ______ (property) provides reasonable accommodations and/or modifications to our residents with disabilities who have a disability-related need for the reasonable accommodation and/or modification. 
2. New Question 5:
1. Do you have (or have you in the past had) a therapeutic relationship with _____ with regard to this person's disability for purposes other than verifying the stated need for an assistance animal in housing as a reasonable accommodation to that disability?
3. Former Question 5, now Question 6 revised as follows:
1. New language added: Are you licensed in (state)? [(state) will be the state the property is located in]
   [ ] Yes  [ ] No, I am licensed in _____ (state). [Verifier will fill in the state where they are licensed.]
   [ ] My profession is not required to be licensed.
2. Added fields for Return Address

How will the users experience within the NAA Click & Lease be affected?
The following changes will be implemented within the NAA Click & Lease Program in correlation to the form revisions.

• Reasonable Accommodations/Modifications Verification Form. Multiple new fields will be added to the hyperlinked page for this form so that the Return Address fields can be completed prior to printing.