From Justice in Aging
"The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently issued a memo rescinding its fair housing guidance on assistance animals for people with disabilities.
Under the Fair Housing Act, people with disabilities are entitled to reasonable accommodations (RAs), such as waivers of no-pet policies, for assistance animals. HUD’s new memo, however, seeks to limit this right to RAs.
HUD will no longer consider untrained emotional support animals (ESAs) as assistance animals and will change its fair housing enforcement policies accordingly. The memo also notes that HUD will engage in future rulemaking around animal-related RAs.
Learn more about the Fair Housing Act in the upcoming webinar, Federal Fair Housing Basics."
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