[NAGDU] Housing bill pertaining to Service animals

Mon Feb 19 18:30:18 UTC 2024

Hello, ESA, stands for emotional support animal. I do know that they are allowed in housing. But they are technically not the same as a service, dog or animal. A true service dog, as you probably know is a working dog.
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> On Feb 19, 2024, at 12:18 PM, marianne denning via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 
> Here is the information from Fair Housing.
> What Is an Assistance Animal?
> An assistance animal is an animal that works, provides assistance, or
> performs tasks for the benefit of a person with a disability, or that
> provides emotional support that alleviates one or more identified effects of
> a person's disability. An assistance animal is not a pet.
> 
> Obligations of Housing Providers
> Individuals with a disability may request to keep an assistance animal as a
> reasonable accommodation to a housing provider's pet restrictions.
> 
> Housing providers cannot refuse to make reasonable accommodations in rules,
> policies, practices, or services when such accommodations may be necessary
> to afford a person with a disability the equal opportunity to use and enjoy
> a dwelling.
> 
> The Fair Housing Act requires a housing provider to allow a reasonable
> accommodation involving an assistance animal in situations that meet all the
> following conditions:
> 
> A request was made to the housing provider by or for a person with a
> disability
> The request was supported by reliable disability-related information, if the
> disability and the disability-related need for the animal were not apparent
> and the housing provider requested such information, and
> The housing provider has not demonstrated that:
> Granting the request would impose an undue financial and administrative
> burden on the housing provider
> The request would fundamentally alter the essential nature of the housing
> provider's operations
> The specific assistance animal in question would pose a direct threat to the
> health or safety of others despite any other reasonable accommodations that
> could eliminate or reduce the threat
> The request would result in significant physical damage to the property of
> others despite any other reasonable accommodations that could eliminate or
> reduce the physical damage.
> Examples
> A reasonable accommodation request for an assistance animal may include, for
> example:
> 
> A request to live with an assistance animal at a property where a housing
> provider has a no-pets policy or
> A request to waive a pet deposit, fee, or other rule as to an assistance
> animal.
> Filing a Complaint
> If you believe you have been unlawfully denied a reasonable accommodation
> for an assistance animal or have otherwise experienced discrimination in
> housing, you can file a complaint
> 
> Here is the link where I found this information.
> https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp/assistance_animal
> s
> -----Original Message-----
> From: NAGDU <nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Cindy Ray via NAGDU
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2024 10:39 AM
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> Cc: Cindy Ray <cindyray at gmail.com>; NAGDU <board at nagdu.org>
> Subject: [NAGDU] Housing bill pertaining to Service animals
> 
> The Iowa Senate is debating a bill pertaining to the right of landlords to
> refuse accommodation to people with service animals if it would cost too
> much to pay for any property damage. A person would basically have to have a
> prescription from a doctor, and they would have to be authorized annually.
> They say this is in line with Federal law. Really!
> Cindy Lou Ray
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