DC Apartment Search and ESA Sentiment

[Tatum F.]

Good morning DC Landlords.

I'm a landlord  Philadelphia and my daughter will be moving to DC to attend grad school at John Hopkins.  I'm creating this post to get some information about how landlords handle ESAs.  She currently doesn't have one but was recently diagnosed and this was one of the recommendations in lieu of medication.  That being said she can't get the animal until she moves because a home visit is needed as well as some other medical and legal requirements which puts her in a state of stasis until she moves.  As a landlord, my preference is a small dog whose bark is disturbing the other tenants or the area in general,  but I wanted to get y'alls perspective on the sentiment concerning ESAs in DC.

Aside from the above we've started our apartment search so any recommendations would be appreciated.