[NAGDU] Housing bill pertaining to Service animals

Mon Feb 19 22:52:46 UTC 2024

The ADA no longer covers ESAs. They got wise to all the abuse of the ADA.
The Fair Housing Act covers housing issues. That Iowa Senate and the House
members need to be educated on the difference between ESAs and service
dogs. ESAs are merely pets that people try to pawn off as service dogs so
they can bring little Fluffy anywhere they want. No matter that the animal
has been socialized or had a lick of training. These Riley people have
fooled the public big time at the expense of those of us with real
disabilities with dogs socialized and trained to do tasks to mitigate a
disability. The ESAs are the dogs that have bitten airline personnel that
have brought us those forms to allow us to fly. The whole thing has gotten
way out of hand. I am about to retire Aristotle and do not plan on getting
another dog. I am a good cane user and no longer have the energy to deal
with all this crap.

Hope the Iowa NFB gets on this latest saga in ways to discriminate against
real disabled people and our real assistance dogs.

Lyn and Aristotle

On Mon, Feb 19, 2024, 11:34 AM Melissa Allman via NAGDU <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Thanks Marianne for pointing everybody to the HUD site.
>
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> Subject: Re: [NAGDU] Housing bill pertaining to Service animals
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> 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://us-west-2.protection.sophos.com?d=hud.gov&u=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaHVkLmdvdi9wcm9ncmFtX29mZmljZXMvZmFpcl9ob3VzaW5nX2VxdWFsX29wcC9hc3Npc3RhbmNlX2FuaW1hbA==&i=NjI1ZDgxMTcwOTJkZmIxMTY4Yjg5YmVj&t=bFVtSE1aQ3hiZDNXNzFUYUJDNERoVElTWXZlYXZtdFB3aDJlQVV5d0F6Yz0=&h=6cfb0007b1704893ae43bf1bf8c56e3f&s=AVNPUEhUT0NFTkNSWVBUSVbhg2ccKTTmDzPWPipY7ki5gHWxWWA-XVK0a7HioI1KmA
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> 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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