[NAGDU] FHA question

[Melissa Allman]

Hi Jordan. I've attached some guidance published by HUD in 2013 concerning assistance animals. It applies to both private and public housing. Below is some pertinent language from the memo I think you will find helpful. Basically, no the landlord cannot ask for certification to prove that Belto is a service animal. See below and attached:

"However, a housing provider may not ask a tenant or applicant to provide documentation showing the disability or disability-related need for an assistance
animal if the disability or disability-related need is readily apparent or already known to the provider. For example, persons who are blind or have low
vision may not be asked to provide documentation of their disability or their disability-related need for a guide dog."


Melissa R. Allman
Senior Specialist, Advocacy and Government Relations
The Seeing Eye, Inc.
P.O. Box 375, Morristown, NJ 07963-0375 (mail)
10 Washington Valley Road, Morristown, NJ 07960-3412 (deliveries)
973-539-4425 ext. 1724,     Fax:  973-525-1081 mallman at SeeingEye.org  

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Subject: [NAGDU] FHA question

I have a question. Is it legal under the FHA for my landlord to be asking for certification that Belto is a service animal?
Thanks,
Jordan

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