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toedtoes
Sep 30, 2014Explorer III
I don't think there are enough facts in the article for me to side one way or the other.
I agree that if it's a reasonable accommodation, then they should be allowed to have it on site. But, it doesn't sound like it is reasonable accommodation if he doesn't need to use it (because he has everything he needs in the house).
I might agree if they had a daily transport vehicle that became unusable and so they are using the RV to transport their son on a regular basis.
I'm not sure if I agree that it being "back up power" in case of a power outage is a good enough reason. They talk about spending $80,000 to renovate it - was that done with the express intention of using it a "back up"? If so, then I don't think it should be allowed, because they knew the rules and should have made sure it was allowed before putting that money into it. However, if they had put the money into renovating it a good while before for travel purposes, and then faced a power outage making them realize they needed a backup and chose to use it rather than spend money now on adding a generator, then I'd be more inclined to say OK. The former comes across as not caring about the rules, the latter seems more about not spending additional money when you've got something that will work for the purpose.
I agree that if it's a reasonable accommodation, then they should be allowed to have it on site. But, it doesn't sound like it is reasonable accommodation if he doesn't need to use it (because he has everything he needs in the house).
I might agree if they had a daily transport vehicle that became unusable and so they are using the RV to transport their son on a regular basis.
I'm not sure if I agree that it being "back up power" in case of a power outage is a good enough reason. They talk about spending $80,000 to renovate it - was that done with the express intention of using it a "back up"? If so, then I don't think it should be allowed, because they knew the rules and should have made sure it was allowed before putting that money into it. However, if they had put the money into renovating it a good while before for travel purposes, and then faced a power outage making them realize they needed a backup and chose to use it rather than spend money now on adding a generator, then I'd be more inclined to say OK. The former comes across as not caring about the rules, the latter seems more about not spending additional money when you've got something that will work for the purpose.
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