Re: ESA Emotional Support Animals - Landlord Forum thread 359043

Re: ESA Emotional Support Animals by Daniel (CA) on February 10, 2019 @15:43

Thank you for your comments. But your comments point out the exact problem with the issue. It is not the LL that is getting around the ESA laws but it's the tenants that are circumventing the no pet policies.

ESA pets is just another term used for having pets. Every pet owner is someone that gains emotional support from bonding with their animals. The fact is that these people are using a medical excuse. It is like Eddie Murphy in trading places....

So if it is a medical necessity, then it should be reevaluated regularly just like any other ailment. So all of a sudden just because the impact is only affecting LL so we're not entitled to general accepted practice that prescriptions expire 6-months to a year? Are we saying that once and ESA moves in then the LL has waived the pet policy?

Pet policies is a separate debate than ESAs.

I had an immaculate tenant move out and she had some cats.
The empty unit smelled like cat urine, it took a month to treat the hardwood floors. there was a clump of cat hair under the Kenmore Stove/oven.

I am a pet person, my cat was invaluable this year.

While service animals require certification ESA's do not! Or do service animals not require it anymore?

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