Re: Emotional Support Animal - Landlord Forum thread 348909

Re: Emotional Support Animal by MrDan on October 23, 2016 @23:23

This is not an emotional support animals, but falls under the definition of an alert or signal animal within the FHA definition of assistance animals.

A landlord cannot ask about the applicants disability when that disability is readily noticeable. Further inquiry is a violation of Fair Housing guidelines.

You have an applicant with a readily recognizable disability and has a signal/alert animal. No additional information is needed or should be required.

"It can also be a bird or reptile, or a fish, a miniature horse, a goat, or pot-bellied pig" is not accurate. It's never about the animal, but whether the applicant/tenant is disabled and that the particular animal in question has a nexus in alleviating the disability.

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