But do I understand that the disabled person lives in a different state than where the animal is housed?

Read up on the regulations because the persons with a disability are the protected class and the dog falls under accommadations for that disabilty.

(VA Funding Fee is exempt if VA disability compensation is receive)@Bart H. hit the nail on the head!

If a person with a disability needs to use an assistance animal, they must first make the request for a reasonable accommodation. 

I can guarantee that the average LL has a higher net worth than the average person.What happens if you become unemployed, disabled, or otherwise unable to work? 

I work in a sometimes dangerous service job and I do my best to be careful and stay safe, however I would never sign away my workers comp and disability rights just in case something ever did happen, I guess I look at this the same way

The tenant is also on disability so I dont have my hopes up. 

Their parents who were supposedly disabled and retired are no longer living with them and have moved into their own home. 

My husband is a 100% service-related disabled Army veteran and we are looking to purchase our first home in the Dallas Fort Worth area within the next 3-6 months. 

We are close to being able to rent out the top floor (disabled step daughter had the bottom floor).