Astralis Condominium Ass'n v. Secretary, United States Department of Housing & Urban Development Ex Rel. García-Guillén

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Ours is a society in which people live, work, relax, and shop in apartment complexes, office towers, industrial parks, stadia, and malls that stretch as far as the eye can see. It is, therefore, unsurprising that a mundane artifact of modern life— the parking space — has become a prized possession.

This case illustrates the point. The complainants, believing themselves entitled to preferred parking spaces at their residence by reason of their handicaps, filed an administrative claim against the eondominium association that controlled those spaces. A federal administrative…