Emotional Support Animals: is change coming?

[Nathan Gesner]

If you've been alive and paying attention the last ten years, you know Emotional Support Animals are increasingly seen in airplanes and in rentals. Ten years ago, I didn't have a single one in a rental. Today I have almost 50 and the requests are increasing. Either we have an amazing number if mentally ill people or the system is rampant with fraud.

Today, the Transportation Department admitted it is primarily fraud and they're putting a stop to it. An ESA has to fly in the cargo hold for a hefty fee, just like pets. I bet you dollars to donuts we will see a major drop in the number of animals traveling because it was fraud the whole time.

https://www.washingtonpost.com...

So the question is, will HUD come to the same conclusion and realize people are fraudulently abusing the system just to get their pet into a rental?

I don't know, but this is a positive sign!