Therapy/emotional support dog

[Matthew Wright]

Anybody have experience with tenant proposing they get a dog for "medical" reasons? She knows there's a no dog policy and has been in the building a while. I do not allow dogs, and this dog she's proposing will not be a service dog that will assist her with an obvious disability... She did provide a doctors not, and the Drs. note literally says "To whom it may concern, tenant has a pet dog for mental health reasons."  I know the law with service animals is pretty black and white, but this scenario just seems silly...

[Russell Brazil]

Originally posted by @Eric James:

Find a reason to disqualify her that isn't related to the dog.

That my friend is explicitly a fair housing violation. Do not pass go, go straight to jail, pay a $16,000 fine for a 1st time violation.