Service Animal Concern! What are a Landlord's rights?

[Samantha Klein]

In a local Facebook group, landlords and prospective tenants advertise their units or looking to rent a unit however today there was a discussion on there of tenant's complaining that most landlords in the area don't allow pets and several people said they registered their pet(s) as service animals and insist they can't be denied because of it. I can just tell that they are illegally trying to obtain housing that way. What are a landlord's rights when it comes to service animals? I have no problem accommodating a legit service animal but I can tell these people are trying to pull one over.

[Mindy Jensen]

@Samantha Klein, I wrote an article for the BiggerPockets Blog about this very topic. Check out Emotional Support Animals & Waivers of "No Pet" Policies: What Does the Law Say?