Emotional support animals can help alleviate symptoms such as depression, anxiety, stress and difficulties regarding social interactions, allowing tenants to live independently and fully use and enjoy their living environment. Companion Animal or Emotional Support Animal A companion animal or emotional support animal assists people with psychological disabilities. Some animals have learned to predict a seizure and warn the person. The animal may go for help, or may stand guard over the person during a seizure. The animal's service depends on the person's needs. Seizure Response Animal A seizure response animal assists a person with a seizure disorder. Duties may include carrying, fetching, opening doors, ringing doorbells, activating elevator buttons, steadying a person while walking, helping a person up after a fall, etc. Service Animal A service animal helps a person who has a mobility or health disability. Hearing Animal A hearing animal alerts a person with significant hearing loss or who is deaf when a sound occurs, such as a ringing alarm or a knock on the door. Guide Animal A guide animal serves as a travel tool for a person who is legally blind. The request to have the service animal must be reasonable. The household cannot be asked to demonstrate more than 540.75 per month to be eligible for housing. The animal must serve a function directly related to the person's disability. Example: A voucher holder's tenant portion of the rent will be 216.30 per month.
In order to be protected by the Fair Housing Act with regard to service animals, three tests must be met: 1. Without their service animal, many people with disabilities are unable to access or use their homes, because the service animal is essential for daily tasks such as retrieving items, opening doors and turning on light switches. In those cases, allowing a dog is not unfairly providing people with disabilities special treatment, but rather allowing them their legal right to equal opportunity in housing. The Fair Housing Act requires that landlords honor requests for animals like service dogs if a person with a disability requires that dog for daily life activities. Allowing a service animal in a housing complex that has traditionally had a "No Pets" policy is an example of a reasonable accommodation, because service animals are a healthcare option that many individuals choose to help them overcome the limitations imposed by disabilities. Allowing tenants and their guests who have disabilities to be accompanied by their service animals is a reasonable accommodation to housing policy and practice.
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Accessible Housing Service Animals The Fair Housing Act requires that applicants and tenants with disabilities be provided with "reasonable accommodations" needed for them to have an opportunity for full use and enjoyment of their housing.
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