Robert Kravis fighting for accommodations for people with disabilities

LEWES, De. – Access, like being able to live safely at home, with help from those who can provide the care they need. That’s what Robert Kravis is fighting for. His attorney, Olga Beskrone, says he is unable to live alone and is asking his landlord to accommodate his needs.

“When it comes to people with disabilities, sometimes people with disabilities need to be treated differently in order for them to have the access that other people enjoy,” Deskrone says.

Kravis had his grandson and his grandson’s girlfriend living there. Beskrone says the landlord filed for eviction saying Kravis violated the occupancy rules in his lease. That’s why they took their fight to the Delaware Supreme Court saying the lower court didn’t take into account the fair housing act.

“Basically we asked the court to provide an exception to a lease rule/regulation in Mr. Kravis’ case.”

The higher court agreed, ruling in Kravis’ favor. Now the eviction fight heads back to the lower court for consideration.

“In this particular case, we are saying that where a person with a disability needs to have the benefit of an exception to the rules of who can live with them in their apartment.”

“It is my sincere hope that in the next few weeks before the matter actually proceeds to trial that the landlord will provide the accommodation that we are asking for so we do not have to do that.”

  Beskrone says this fight is not just about Kravis’ case, ultimately this ruling could help those living with disabilities have an easier time arguing for fair accommodations with their landlords. She says there is not a new court date scheduled as of yet, but she expects it to be sometime after the end of June.

We have reached out to the landlord’s attorney for comment, she was open to discussing the situation but was not available before broadcast. We’ll update the story as soon as we get more information.