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“Polly Want A Windfall?”: U.S. Department of Justice Slams NYC Co-Op for Denying Three Emotional Support Parrots, Imposing...

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Co-op and condo boards have a legal obligation to provide reasonable accommodations to residents with disabilities. Residents often request permission to live with their so-called emotional support or therapy animals (“ESAs”)...more

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NJ Supreme Court Applies Law Against Discrimination to Emotional Support Animal Use in Housing

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Requests by a resident to have an emotional support animal that would violate a housing unit’s occupancy agreement must be analyzed under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled. As...more

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How Should Florida Community Associations Answer Residents’ Requests for Emotional Support Animals?

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A right to an emotional support animal has been a heavily discussed topic for years, especially for certain extreme requests involving the use of an exotic animal for emotional support purposes, or when there is a claim that...more

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Client Alert: Consideration of Disability-Related Requests for Modification of Premises Under State and Federal Law

The Federal Fair Housing Act (FHA), as well as the substantially similar Florida Fair Housing Act (FFHA), prohibits discrimination in housing based on a person’s disability. As “housing providers,” homeowners associations and...more

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What You Need to Know About Service Animals, Emotional Support Animals, and Assistance Animals

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In the last few years, employers, education institutions, and places of public accommodation (e.g., airports, grocery stores, and hotels) have seen an increase in individuals who want to bring their Assistance Animal, Service...more

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What Documentation May a Landlord Require from a Tenant With an Assistance Animal?

Laws regarding service and emotional support animals can be confusing to property owners—and guidance can vary depending upon the type of animal and its function. For example, recently, the Department of Housing and Urban...more

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Homeowner Associations and Service Animals in Common Areas Part 2: FHA Considerations

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Part one of this series article addressed whether homeowners associations are required to allow support dogs in common areas where dogs may otherwise be prohibited. This article will address whether homeowners and...more

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Landlords Must Allow Emotional Support Animals

Recently, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) filed a charge of discrimination claiming (Charge) claiming Missouri landlord Dahms Investments, L.L.C. (Dahms) violated the FHA by requiring a prospective...more

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HUD Charges Buffalo, NY Property Owner With Disability Discrimination Related To An Assistance Animal

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In a press release issued a couple of weeks ago, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) charged a New York property owner with discrimination under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) asserting that the owner failed...more

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HUD Charges Wisconsin Property Owner/Manager With Disability Discrimination Related To An Assistance Animal

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Pursuant to a release issued last week, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) stated it charged the owner and manager of apartment homes in Wisconsin with housing discrimination for allegedly refusing to...more

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Iowa Legislative Update for Construction and Landlord Industries

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The first “funnel” is now over for the 2020 legislative session. This means if a House bill did not advance out of a full House committee, or a Senate bill did not advance out of a full Senate committee, by the first funnel...more

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HUD Updates and Clarifies Assistance Animal Guidance

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), on Jan. 28, issued new guidance on requests for reasonable accommodation under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) relative to “assistance animals” in various...more

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Further Thoughts On The HUD Assistance Animal Guidance

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Your humble Fair Housing Defense blog editor appreciated hearing from a number of you concerning the new HUD guidance addressing reasonable accommodation requests for animals under the Fair Housing Act (FHA). In response to...more

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HUD Issues New Assistance Animal Guidance

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In another helpful development for the professional apartment management industry, last week the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) issued a long-awaited guidance document concerning use of an animal as a...more

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HUD Issues New Guidance on Assistance Animals: A Must-Read for Housing Providers

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued its new guidance, “Assessing a Person’s Request to Have an Animal as a Reasonable Accommodation under the Fair Housing Act.” In the...more

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More On The DOT’s Service Animal Rules And What I Hope To See From HUD

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My post from last week concerning the proposed rules authored by U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) attempting to make certain only legitimate service animals fly with their owners on in the air resulted in a few...more

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HUD Settles California Assistance Animal Case For $15,000

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In a statement issued at the end of last week, the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) announced it resolved a disability discrimination Fair Housing Act (FHA) case in California asserting that various...more

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States Join In Attempting To Prevent Fraudulent Assistance Animal Medical Verifications

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I do my level best to be evenhanded when I review emotional support animal (ESA) medical verification letters when I know they have been purchased over the internet after a short self-diagnosis questionnaire and perhaps use...more

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Answering Some Fair Housing Defense Reader Questions

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When I do fair housing training, I always say to my audience that if one of you has a question, I am willing to bet another person in the room has the same question....more

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An Update On Possible HUD Emotional Support Animal Guidance

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A Fair Housing Defense blog reader (thanks for stopping by) asked me to give an update with respect to potential guidance from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) and/or the U.S. Department of Justice...more

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HUD Demonstrates Continued Commitment to Aggressive Enforcement of the Fair Housing Act

Fifty years after the passage of the Fair Housing Act, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) continues to demonstrate a strong commitment to Fair Housing, both through the support of private...more

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Want To Learn The Number Of Fair Housing Complaints Filed With HUD In A Year? Or The Protected Class With The Highest Percentage...

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Our friends at the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development (HUD) publish a myriad of reports concerning the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and the efforts of the Department to enforce the law. One of the reports I like to...more

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“Failure To Cooperate” And Internet Purchased Emotional Support Animal Fair Housing Tester Cases

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Loyal Fair Housing Defense blog readers (thank you very much) know that I defend (and report on) what seems like a never ending stream of emotional support animal (ESA) housing discrimination cases these days. The typical run...more

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Support, Service, and Assistance Animals: A Return to Integrity?

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On October 24, 2018, Governor Wolf signed HB 2049 into law as Act 118. The Assistance and Service Animal Integrity Act (“ASAIA”), is Pennsylvania’s initial legislative response to the growing concern among property managers,...more

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Cats, Dogs, Peacocks, and Mice – Accommodating Disabilities and Assistance Animals

We all love and indulge our pets. My cats have “contributed” to my articles by walking across my keyboard as I work. I was less thrilled with the cats when one left a dead mouse as a present on my stairs. For some people,...more

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