service animals
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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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What’s bugging HUD – the latest HUD actions based on disability
HUD’s press releases are interesting reading, not because they help you understand the law, but because they help you understand what HUD thinks the law is, and because they are often object lessons in mistakes no housing provider should make. This is a round up of press releases in the last four or five months, Continue reading
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Time to learn more about HUD’s new animal accommodation guidance
On April 14 at 2:00 p.m. CST I’ll be presenting a one hour webinar on HUD’s January 2020 guidance on reasonable accommodations for animals. I’ll cover what HUD got right and wrong in this guidance and explain what housing providers need to know about the reasonable accommodation process in light of the guidance. Written materials Continue reading
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DOT enforcement policy for “service animals” still doesn’t get it.
On August 9 the Department of Transportation issued its “Final Statement of Enforcement Priorities Regarding Service Animals” based on the Air Carrier Access Act and existing regulations. New regulations are on the way, but probably not any time soon,* so this Final Statement, which replaces an Interim Statement issued in May of 2018, is the Continue reading
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Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – a new ADA and FHA webinar
Next Friday, May 3, I’m going to be presenting a webinar explaining how the FHA, ADA and ACAA treat animals of all kinds. Here’s the official link from the University of Texas School of Law CLE program. Live from the UT CLE Studio on May 3, 2019 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. 1.00 hour CLE, Continue reading
