[NFBF-L] FW: [ShowMePaws_MGDU.org] Good News!

[PLipovsky]

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

Subject: HUD SECRETARY REQUESTS THAT THE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION &
CONSUMER PROTECTION BUREAU INVESTIGATE WEBSITES SELLING ASSISTANCE
ANIMAL DOCUMENTATION
To: DSSHE-L at listserv.buffalo.edu <mailto:DSSHE-L at listserv.buffalo.edu> 

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

 

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