MSHDA requires that a professional third party competent to make the assessment provides written verification that the person needs the specific accommodation due to their disability and the change is required for them to have equal access to the housing program. This verification would be satisfied by completion of a MSHDA 16 which includes an explanation from the health provider as to the necessity for the accommodation, especially in those instances where the disability is a non-obvious disability. In the case of renting from a relative, there must be an accompanying letter from the family member explaining how the specific unit owned by the tenant’s family member provides the required reasonable accommodation or how the family member owning the unit will provide services for the identified family member with the disability.