My daughter has a Psychiatric Service Dog. He assists her with three life tasks, he has gone through extensive training and is better behaved than most humans. He attends my daughters classes at university and lived at her dorm, now on off campus apartments. Everything has gone smooth with school and housing access. We have all of the records of her dogs training in his working/ health file. It was a lot of work and expense but well worth it. THANKS for making this educational video, some disabilities are not visible.
Just to clarify the ADA only recognizes dogs and mini horses. A few states allow other species but its rare. While a person can have a monkey trained to assist them in THEIR private home it wouldnt be permitted in public or into rental properties as its not recognized legally as a service animal. Also if a state permits another species they cannot cross state lines and go into public in another state
ESA and PSD are different things. PSD service dogs are protected by The ADA HOWEVER, the FHA protects ESA this can be any type of animal a licensed medial professional feels can assist with the treatment of the persons treatment.
I've gotten a letter from my psycaitrist and sent to my landlord. I requested to have a cat as my esa and my landlord is really upset, and even threatened me to get a new place. Asked me why all of a sudden I have mental issue and all types of stuff. It's extremely anxiety Inducing and I have no idea what to do. I've been extremely polite, never had late rent and clean religiously.
I’m sorry to hear about the anxiety and hassles you are facing. Your landlord can not force you to move under these circumstances, but instead of taking a hardline approach, understand that from a landlord’s perspective this may/likely add costs after you move out. If you really like the apartment and location, Perhaps offer to put an additional “pet” deposit down (you are not obligated to, but may be a way to smooth things out with your landlord).
@@uncoolasmr4847 Thank you for your comment. Please note the dates of the original comments. Laws have changed, and some advice may not be current and/or applicable. You are right that a landlord can no longer require an additional pet deposit for an ESA.
@@JoeKillinger that law has been in place well before this video was made. To be honest (and this is not meant as an insult, so please don't take it that way), you come off as slightly biased in favor of landlords. I haven't seen any of your other videos, so I'm not sure what line of work you are in, but it kind of seems like you are unhappy that these laws and regulations exist to protect renters.
@@uncoolasmr4847 if you look at the comments above you can see we addressed the changes from when the video was first shot and then reposted. I am a commercial real estate broker and at that time we owned a property management company and the guy being interviewed ran that division. He was very well versed in the current laws/restrictions. We did sell the property management company prior to the pandemic. I didn’t mean for it to seem biased as we try to just bring the best info for our subscribers. Thank you for your comments.
This really depends on your submarket and local municipality. Some areas, consider any financial or administrative hardship due to a pet, or emotional support animal as the cost of doing business, I would check to see if those clauses are enforceable in your municipality.
I have an ESA in a no pets allowed building. I have proper documentation to show that my dog is an ESA. My landlord is trying to deny my accommodation for my ESA dog bc he says another tenant in the building is allergic. Does he have to provide physical evidence such as medical docs that shows the tenant has an allergy in order to remove my dog? Or do I have to go off his supposed statement that someone is allergic? I honestly believe he’s lying to me. What can I say to him to keep my dog?
Shontell-There are new laws that have been passed since the pandemic with many areas restricting a landlord’s rights to remove an ESA or even a pet…unfortunately it’s different in each municipality, you need to check with your local municipality for details on the requirements of an ESA.
@@JoeKillinger thank you so much! I was not aware of this and I will definitely do so. I LOVE the information you guys convey. 🥰 Keep up the great work!! 👏🏼
Don't you love how landlords pretend They love dogs but then think about how many people they separate from their dogs. Such as what has happened to me and it's been really shite. They're constantly looking for ways to separate people from their animals.
It’s difficult to find the right landlord, it’s important to interview them before signing their lease. If you are unsure of their pet policies be sure to clarify, I can’t imagine having to give up a pet.
I love dogs, I'm a LL. Do you think, gngraves, that I have to love YOUR dog? I have had dog or dogs in my home for nearly 25 years. But it's my home. My dog doesn't poop in the common area in front of my house, because it isn't a common area, it's mine. My dog's bark doesn't bother a neighbor on the other side of a wall, there isn't one. If my dog scratches up a door, or breaks a window blind nobody else has to pay the repair bill. If my dog ruins carpet, I have to pay the bill to remove carpet and pad, then to install new pad and carpet. What shocks me is why do so many renters get pets when so few LL's accept them? One might ask why do so few LL's want pets in their rentals? But the better question, really, is why do renters think they can make the choice for a pet in someone else's home? Try to see the bigger picture please. It isn't that a LL that doesn't want the risk of damages in his property makes him a bad guy. It's the renter that knows few LL's accept pets, yet gets one anyway, then complains about no pets rentals!
@@dangeroreilly2028Landlords should just allow pets and just charge a pet deposit. By not allowing pets and accepting a pet deposit, you've all created this situation where people who benefit from an emotional support animal (by HUD definition) can legally have one and not be subject to any deposits. Just because you don't have a mental illness or other disability that is not immediately apparent doesn't mean they don't exist.
@@Owjdnskoakansbskk But of course, that has no relevance to what I'm talking about. I said "pets". I meant pets. A service animal or an ESA is not a pet. I do not accept pets, nor do I collect a pet deposit. I can tell you haven't been a LL, but offer me advice on running my business. I don't mind the advice, it's well-intentioned I'm sure. But as I said in my earlier post, the damage from a pet can be significant. If I collected an extra $100 a month from a pet owner that stayed a year(an example), that would not begin to cover the cost of removing carpet and padding and replacing carpet and padding if necessary. And that isn't some crazy, made up example. It is a real-life example that happened to me. For me, the risk of permitting pets far outweighs the gain of accepting them.
@@georgepino9061 I can't find any restriction on getting a new letter on any level: local, state, or federal level. If you can point out a link that says we can't ask for a new letter I'll read it. The prevailing wisdom is when we get the first letter, we can ask that it be dated within a year. So I don't know how it makes sense once we get one, we can never get another one again. If the date of the first letter matters, why can't we later get a new one? If we are supposed to assume the tenant never recovers from whatever caused their need for the ESA in the first place I don't see how that makes sense.
Depends on where you're located, and laws are always changing. For instance, California recently passed an emotional support animal law, that prevents a landlord from charging additional fees for an emotional support animal
