Hi All,
This is what my landlord provided today. Looks like this will go through fine. Thank you.
“If the resident’s disability and/or disability-related need for an assistance animal are not readily apparent or otherwise known to the landlord, then federal guidelines state that a landlord is allowed to ask the resident to submit reliable documentation of the disability and/or the resident’s disability-related need for an assistance animal. Most individuals requesting an emotional support animal do not have a readily apparent disability and disability-related need for an assistance animal. Accordingly, landlords may ask a resident requesting an emotional support animal 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. That documentation is sufficient if it establishes that the individual has a disability and that the animal in question provides some manner of disability-related assistance or emotional support.”
Therefore, the next step in the process is for you to provide the documentation called for in the paragraph above. Once received, Dana will review it, and once approved, you should be able to move forward with bringing the dog home.

