[NAGDU] FW: [GDBLounge] HUD SECRETARY REQUESTS THAT THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION & CONSUMER PROTECTION BUREAU INVESTIGATE WEBSITES SELLING ASSISTANCE ANIMAL DOCUMENTATION

[mike at michaelhingson.com]

Thought all y'all would like to see this. 


Best Regards,


Michael Hingson

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This is some good news. Finally movement toward reducing the number of fake service animals .



HUD SECRETARY CARSON REQUESTS THAT FTC CHAIRMAN SIMMONS & CONSUMER PROTECTION BUREAU DIRECTOR SIMITH INVESTIGATE WEBSITES SELLING ASSISTANCE ANIMAL DOCUMENTATION


HUD No. 19-162

HUD Public Affairs

FOR RELEASE

Friday, November 8, 2019


WASHINGTON – Recently, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson wrote to Chairman of the U.S.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Joseph J. Simmons and Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection Andrew Smith requesting that the FTC investigate certain websites that may be selling assistance animal documentation.


“These certificates are not an acceptable substitute for authentic documentation provided by medical professionals when appropriate,”
said Secretary Carson.  “These websites that sell assistance animal certificates are often also misleading by implying that they are affiliated with the federal government. Nothing could be further from the truth. Their goal is to convince individuals with disabilities that they need to spend hundreds of dollars on worthless documentation to keep their assistance animal in their homes.”


https://www.hud.gov/press/press_releases_media_advisories/HUD_No_19_162