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experience difficulty with vision, hearing, mobility, personal care, or independent living, <br />and 11Y6 have moderate to severe memory irnpainnent.= Given the significant recent and <br />forecasted growth in these older age cohorts, there is likely to be additional growth in the <br />number of people with disabilities due to aging and longer life expectancies. <br />Fundero, architecto, and others are increasingly embracing "universal deoign.^ This is a set <br />of design strategies and features intended to make it easier for residents to live in, and for <br />guests to visit now or in the future, even as households move fully through the life cycle. <br />Universal design features include having at least one step -free entrance to the property, <br />designing units for single -floor living, ensuring doorways and hallways are wide enough for <br />people with disabilities to move about freely, positioning controls and switches so they are <br />readily reachab|e, and use of task lighting directed to specific areas. <br />Fii,,*,,ure 23: Growth in older age cohorts <br />35+ <br />Me <br />MAn <br />Source, VS, Census Burea�Metropolitan Council Regional Forecasts <br />\A 1.\ <br />Federal laws —notably the Fair Housing Act, the Rehabilitation Act 0f1973(Section 504), <br />and the Americans with Disabilities Act— require government entities to provide access to <br />services and programs to people with disabilities. Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of <br />1973 prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities for any program or activity <br />receiving financial assistance from any federal agency, including HUD .4' Disability is defined <br />as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, <br />including but not limited to peroonovvith:w <br />* Avisua| or hearing impairment. <br />* A mobility impairment. <br />* H|V infection. <br />p Mental retardation. <br />* [}rug addiction (except current illegal use of or addiction to drugs). <br />* Other impairments that limit major life activities such as performing manual tasks, caring <br />for one's self, learning, speaking, or working. <br />HOUSING POLICY PLAN FOUR: Opportunities for Collaboration <br />