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Vy Mai Emotional Support Animal
26 April 2019 | 11 replies
Here's the form I need your primary care physician to fill out for me, and fax back to me from their office fax.
Shawn Kenyon Emotional support animals
25 March 2019 | 39 replies
So, because both dogs are already allowed on the property (which is all the physicians letter states and that both dogs are ESAs), there is not a nexus to being reasonably accommodated financially.
Account Closed PETS, Service/Support Animals, Disability Confidentiality, Homeowner's Insurance & Bite Liability
29 April 2015 | 6 replies
they are disability assistance animals that are differentiated from pets by having been prescribed/recommended by a licensed healthcare professional (ie, physician or pscychologist/therapist).enter pet therapists. they might prescribe a pet (or petS) for xyz reasons. but the moment the pet is prescribed/recommended it seems a pet obtained or used for that purpose transforms into a support animal, and is protected under provisions of the ADA.with service and support animals, proof of need is required (especially in NO PET policy units/buildings) in order to document that we are not discriminating against any other tenant(s) that may want to have an animal as a pet (as opposed to as a service or suport animal).enter the likelihood that we will likely be given a prescription or recommendation letter that at bare minimum will indicate the tenant has some sort of disability, plus may or may not share what physical, health and/or psychological condition(s) the animal was indicated for, or in the case of more than one support animal, which symptom each pet assists with.a predicament?
Bok O. Pros cons with apartments versus strip mall investing
12 January 2017 | 12 replies
Medical space is tricky with 85% of physician offices now owned by hospitals.  
Jeff J. limit on number of comfor animals?
9 June 2016 | 7 replies
In other words, if a person were claiming the need for multiple emotional support animals, then he or she would need documentation supporting this need from his or her physician or medical professional.
Tyler Howell Can I Charge a Pet Deposit For a Service Animal?
17 June 2016 | 13 replies
What I always planned to do if this came up (miraculously it never did for me), was to hand the tenant a form to have their primary care physician or regular medical professional to fill out and fax back to me from their office fax.I would cut and paste the definition of disabled for someone asking for a reasonable accommodation, and ask the professional if the applicant met that definition.  
Filipe Pereira The End of Fake ESAs / Service Animals?
27 January 2020 | 23 replies
Here it is cut and pasted:Sample letter for Companion AnimalDATENAME OF PROFESSIONAL (therapist, physician, psychiatrist, rehabilitation counselor)ADDRESSDear [HOUSING AUTHROITY/LANDLORD]:[NAME OF TENANT] is my patient, and has been under my care since [DATE].
Christine Swaidan Two Service Dog???
18 May 2021 | 22 replies
For example, the housing provider may ask persons who arc seeking a reasonable accommodation for an assistance animal that provides emotional support to provide documentation from a physician, psychiatrist, social worker, or other mental health professional that the animal provides emotional support that alleviates one or more of the identified symptoms or effects of an existing disability.
Demetri T. Unauthorized Pet becomes Companion Animal
7 April 2019 | 36 replies
Does she have documentation from a licensed physician claiming this animal to be of such.   
Nathan Gesner HUD Issues New Service Animal Guidance
31 January 2020 | 20 replies
When someone wants to request a reasonable accommodation, we hand them the HUD form, Applicant takes it to their prescribing physician to be filled out, and they bring it back.