[NAGDU] Lease contract provisions regarding service dogs

[Julie Johnson]

This is a Fair Housing Act, FHA, issue, not an ADA issue.   If the landlord 
means that you will have to pay for the repairs/cleaning if needed, then 
yes, I believe it is legal.  If he is going to make you pay as a matter of 
course, then that would seem to be a problem.  That said, presumably this 
would all play out after you have moved out.  Not sure how you would be able 
to prove that their weren't fleas/dirt/whatever.  What does your gut feeling 
tell you about the landlord?  My experience suggest that people are either 
decent or not and that generally that is apparent from the beginning.

I'm sorry to hear that you are leaving Nebraska.  You will be missed!
Julie
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-----Original Message----- 
From: Matt Hackert via NAGDU
Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2019 9:26 AM
To: NAGDU at nfbnet.org
Cc: Matt Hackert
Subject: [NAGDU] Lease contract provisions regarding service dogs

Good morning all,
My family and I are relocating to the Baltimore area, and for a period, are 
going back to renting. I got the lease contract last night, and it includes 
some language about the tenant agreeing to pay for professional cleaning and 
flea extermination if they have a service dog. I am trying to find out if 
the landlord meant only if they found evidence of fleas when we vacate, or 
if regardless, we h to pay for such treatment.
I am not an ADA expert, but I don't see anything there that overtly 
contradicts the ADA. Nevertheless, I'm not sure I she be forced to pay for 
something like this, when I give my dog regular flea, tick and heartworm 
prevention; the implicit assumption that my dog is unkempt doesn't sit well.
Anyway, I wondered if someone with more expertise might be willing to weigh 
in and give me some advice on how to negotiate on this point. Again, if my 
dog does cause damage, or does end up with a flea problem, well then sure, 
that's my responsibility to remedy.
Your insight is greatly appreciated!

Kind regards,
Matt Hackert

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