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Navigating the Confusion: Assistance Animals in Multifamily Properties

By Grace Hill / July 1, 2023 / 0 Comments

Accommodation requests related to assistance animals are prevalent and often cause much confusion.

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Assistance Animals: 4 Things Every Multifamily Operator Should Know

By Amelia Woolard / April 3, 2023 / Comments Off on Assistance Animals: 4 Things Every Multifamily Operator Should Know

April is Fair Housing Month, prompting reflection on reasonable accommodations for multifamily residents, such as providing a designated accessible parking space or permitting an assistance animal request. Assistance animals are specially trained to assist people with disabilities with mobility, navigation, hearing, emotional support, and medical conditions.  Unlike pets, which are kept for companionship, assistance animals… Read More »

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Weekly Training Tip: Evaluating Assistance Animal Documentation

By Terra McVoy / August 10, 2018 / 0 Comments

Are questionable medical verifications for assistance animals a problem for your org? Here are possible red flags.

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Weekly Training Tip: When Assistance Animals Break the Rules

By Terra McVoy / July 18, 2018 / 0 Comments

Rules for assistance animals must apply to all animals in your community.

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Weekly Training Tip: Assistance Animals are not Pets

By Terra McVoy / July 6, 2018 / 0 Comments

How to handle accommodation requests for service and assistance animals – they are not pets!

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Weekly Training Tip: Back to Basics on Assistance Animals

By Terra McVoy / June 21, 2018 / 0 Comments

A reminder of how important it is to handle assistance animal accommodation requests properly.

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Weekly Training Tip: Assistance Animal Verifications

By Grace Hill / April 9, 2018 / 0 Comments

How to handle suspicious documentation or ask for more information.

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Training Tip of the Week: Multiple Assistance Animals?

By Grace Hill / March 28, 2018 / 0 Comments

More than One Assistance Animal – Is that Allowed?

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Training Tip of the Week: Service, Assistance, and Emotional Support Animals

By Grace Hill / March 21, 2018 / 0 Comments

The differences between service, assistance, and emotional support animals.

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Training Tip of the Week: Discriminatory No-Pet Policies

By Grace Hill / March 12, 2018 / 0 Comments

Make sure your no-pet policy isn’t discriminatory.

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