Animals
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HUD was wrong about pet deposits – it’s as simple as that.
I’ve written quite a few times in the last decade about the absurdity of HUD’s position that landlords cannot charge a fee or deposit for an assistance or emotional support animal.¹ HUD’s position has never made sense because asking for the waiver of a fee or deposit is just another kind of accommodation claim that Continue reading
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“Toddler mauled by service dog” – the cost of thoughtless disability letters.
The headline was all too familiar, “Toddler mauled by service dog.” We have seen it before when untrained animals were allowed on airlines or in other public places.(6) When it is passenger passing off a peacock as an emotional support bird it is funny. When it is a child who may be disfigured for life Continue reading
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Two service animal stories and the lessons they teach
I am belatedly blogging about two recent decisions that have already been discussed elsewhere.¹ The legal issues presented are interesting,² but for businesses concerned with service animals the practical lessons are, I think, more important. In Mission Working Dogs a group of disabled individuals took their service dogs in training to a local mall where they Continue reading
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“Polly want a cracker?” Lessons from DOJ press releases.
The Department of Justice issues a press release every time it enters into a settlement agreement of some kind. The foundations of accessibility law are the statutes and the cases applying them, but there are a lot of practical lessons to be learned from the settlements obtained by the DOJ, so it is worth looking Continue reading
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Happy New Years – 2020 ADA and FHA retrospective
Here’s a toast to the end of a bad year. I don’t know anyone who won’t be happy to see 2020 behind us, but it’s worth looking back at how the law of accessibility developed in the last year. Fair Housing Act developments were bracketed by two events, one of which was scarcely noticed but Continue reading
