Abstract
This comment discusses the potentially unethical and unlawful nature of hostile architecture. This comment posits that hostile architecture is inherently illegal by way of implicitly and overtly violating the Americans with Disabilities Act. This comment argues that hostile architecture violates the ADA because it potentially discriminates against people living with disabilities by hindering their ability to utilize both public and private facilities such as bus stops. This comment acknowledges that while hostile architecture is often used as a tool to discourage unhoused people from using such facilities, hostile architecture also potentially discriminates against people living with disabilities. This comment highlights that the potential discrimination against people living with disabilities also provides a solution for hostile architecture. The solution exists because people living with disabilities are a protected class and therefore such discrimination against this class of people could and should be considered unlawful.
Last Page
92
First Page
45
Recommended Citation
Priscilla A. Okolie,
Designing Invisibility: How Hostile Architecture Impacts People Living With Disabilities,
28
The Scholar
45
(2025).
Available at:
https://commons.stmarytx.edu/thescholar/vol28/iss1/3
Volume Number
28
Issue Number
1
Publisher
St. Mary's University School of Law
Editor
Priscilla Okolie
ISSN
1537-405X
