Renting an apartment if you have a pet can be tough. Find practical advice here, as well as guidance on bringing your emotional support animal or service dog to a rented home or apartment.
Emotional support animals (ESA) are pets that provide comfort to owners with mental health disorders, including anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, and other disorders diagnosed by...
If you have an emotional or mental disability and your pet brings you comfort and a new lease on life, then you may be entitled...
As a renter, your emotional support animal (ESA) is fully protected by housing laws, even if your building or lease says you can’t have pets....
Congratulations, your therapist or doctor just approved you for an emotional support animal and gave you a signed ESA letter! Once you receive your ESA letter, your pet — or future pet — has officially qualified as an emotional support animal. As an ESA owner, you have special r [...]
...and How to Protect Yourself as a Landlord Under the Fair Housing Act, housing providers such as landlords, Co-Ops, and HOAs cannot charge their tenants fees, deposits, and surcharges with their emotional support animals (ESA). ESAs are not considered pets for purposes of Fair [...]
We will explore commonly used excuses that housing providers give to deny tenants their right to live with an emotional support animal. The intent of this article is to answer questions and provide helpful information to tenants requesting ESA accommodation from their landlords a [...]
Emotional support animals are granted certain rights under the law. Unfortunately, sometimes the people who rely on these animals are discriminated against and have their rights as an ESA handler violated. Emotional support animals, or ESAs, are more than just pets. They are reco [...]