Posts from February 27th, 2020

The United States Department of Housing and Urban Development released new guidelines on emotional support animals and how it relates to Fair Housing on January 28, 2020.

It is not uncommon now for landlords to choose to employ a no pet policy in their rental properties. As a property manager for private landlords, it is a question I now ask with each new property – do you allow pets? The answers typically vary – they will allow cats but not dogs or will allow dogs but not cats. Sometimes they'll allow small animals confined to a cage but not cats or dogs. It is truly up to them. If they do allow pets, I typically employ a pet fee and additional monthly rent to help balance out the cost of repairs should they be needed when the tenants leave.

In speaking with many potential tenants though, it seems that private landlords do not understand the law when it comes to therapy animals, emotional support animals, and service animals.

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