[nagdu] Request for Reasonable Accommodation

[Julie J.]

Tami,

I think you're on the right track.  The only thing I'd add is to be 
sure  to get their response in writing for your records.

But I do have a question...do you need to re-request an accommodation 
either under the FHA or ADA?  For example in this situation your room 
mate has already had a companion dog and has presumably already gone 
through the process of reasonable accommodation through the housing 
manager.   The accommodation hasn't changed.  In my mind it'd be like 
getting a new wheelchair or cane, it performs the same function as the 
last one and all the relevant requests for accommodations would be the 
same, so is there a need to go through all that again?

Julie





On 12/5/2011 2:23 PM, Tami Kinney wrote:
> Hi, gang!
>
> I thought I would ask this publicly to get more opinions and because 
> it's something we all have or will run up against sooner or later. 
> Unless we're lucky...
>
> So i need to write a letter for reasonable accommodation under the FHA 
> for housing. In this case, it is for DD's companion dog, but the same 
> rules apply there as for a guide dog.
>
> So my question is this:
>
> Is there a specific formula to use in a letter requesting reasonable 
> accommodation?
>
> My thought is that we will simply copy the doctor's letter from 
> acouple of years ago to a letter requesting reasonable accommodation 
> in using the wording of the FHA for that which I should know by heart 
> but always blank a bit on. /smile/
>
> So I need to look that up and ask specifically for the relaxation of 
> the pets policy for the new companion dog.
>
> Is there anything there I haven't thought of or some better way to do it?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Tami
>
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