The ACLU joined this letter to Rep. Jan Schakowsky from the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities (CCD) Housing Task Force, expressing support for the Eleanor Smith Inclusive Home Design Act of 2018. Sponsored by Rep. Schakowsky, the legislation (H.R. 6509) would require newly constructed single-family houses and townhouses that are built with federal assistance to include a minimum standard of visitability —a design concept that allows people with disabilities to be a part of their neighborhoods and communities by integrating a minimum level of accessibility in housing units that are not covered by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. Although some communities have adopted laws that fill this gap by requiring visitability, the majority of newly constructed single-family houses and townhouses are not covered. Action is needed at the federal level to increase the number of visitable housing units, and to ensure that people with disabilities should be able to visit friends, family, and coworkers without worrying that architectural barriers will exclude them from this important aspect of everyday life.