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Re: Emotional Support/Therapy Dogs - Landlord Forum thread 324571

Re: Emotional Support/Therapy Dogs by Garry (Iowa) on September 16, 2014 @20:29

                              
Bill and the 2 anons are giving you their opinions, but are not telling you about the Federal ADA and Fair Housing laws that Kim and I are telling you about. Tread lightly if you decide to deny her app., by finding another reason to deny her, like criminal background, credit score, income, etc. Right now, she knows more about the Fed. laws than you do, so, again, tread lightly.
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Re: Emotional Support/Therapy Dogs by Bill on September 16, 2014 @20:39 [ Reply ]
If an application is examined closely there are always at least 8 different things on it that an applicant can be denied for. I suggest this landlord start looking. It does not matter what the law says. No landlord takes an applicant they do not want. None.
Re: Emotional Support/Therapy Dogs by Anonymous on September 16, 2014 @20:48 [ Reply ]
I simply said that "I would find a reason to not rent to this applicant."

As Bill said, there are many legitimate reasons for rejecting an application that have nothing to do with the person's disability.
Re: Emotional Support/Therapy Dogs by MrDan (Georgia) on September 16, 2014 @21:53 [ Reply ]
G, you and Kim are correct. But a lot of Landlords also do not relize that Florida has its own laws, as well as counties and some cities. For instance in Broward County, a landlord must provide the reason for turning down an applicant and that reason must be in writting to the applicant within 45 days. Flordia has its own Fair Housing Act; 760.23 Discrimination in the sale or rental of housing and other prohibited practices.--

Landlords and Property Management should be proactive in adopting emotional support animal policies and procedures (before the next request) that requires, but is not limited to, an application, and an affidavit from a licensed person as part of any approval process of an emotional support animal. Failure to properly accommodate disabled persons can lead to an expensive and time-consuming lawsuit, as well as recovery of attorney's fees and costs.

The point is ,that a Disable Person must be treated just as you would any other applicant. They have to qualify the same as anyone else using the same rental standards.


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