Assistance Animals are no Joke
Have you heard the one about the landlord who wanted to ban pets in her building? Her tenant thought that one was hilarious! You don’t think that’s funny? You must be a landlord. Because of massive abuse on the part of tenants, on January 28, 2020, HUD issued long-awaited new guidance on a tenant’s right to have an animal as a reasonable accommodation under the Fair Housing Act. We had heard that new guidance was coming. Unfortunately, this guidance tells us a lot that we already knew and doesn’t provide the kind of help to curb abuse that we were looking for. Let’s take a closer look.