All About Service and Assisted Animals and Reasonable Accommodation


FHA complaints concerning denial of reasonable accommodations and disability access comprise almost 60% of all FHA complaints and those involving requests for reasonable accommodations for assistance animals are significantly increasing.

This guidance is provided as a tool for housing providers and persons with a disability to use at their discretion and provides a set of best practices for addressing requests for reasonable accommodations to keep animals in housing where individuals with disabilities reside or seek to reside. e will discuss HUD’s new ruling on verification of service or assistance animals.

It covers the questions to ask in determining if the animal is a service animal or an assistive animal. The seminar covers the new time frame for answering requests for a reasonable accommodation for and animal. Also covered are the various questions concerning breed, weight, type and size of the animal. The other important topic is verifications of the need for the service or assistance an animal to prove a nexus between the disability and the need for an animal of some type. Also covered will be the methods used to verify need.

Why should you attend :

This is a real-world course. It answers questions on the difference between service and assisted animals, how to verify the need for the animal  and all about reasonable accommodation.

Areas covered in the session:

  • Discussed will be a review of the protected classes
  • Time frames for decision on reasonable accommodation requests
  • Difference between service and assistance animals
  • What questions may be asked about disability?
  • Concerning accommodation
  • Online animal verifications

Who should attend this:

  • Property Managers
  • Property owners
  • Leasing agents
  • Builders
  • Developers
  • Realtors
  • Housing Authorities

Paul has been involved in the real estate industry for the past 38 years. He has been involved in sales, construction, project management, appraisal, mortgage consulting and brokerage, property management, and property management consulting/training. Through his consulting company, Property Management Solutions, he provides training and consulting services nationwide to owners, management companies, multi-housing associations, as well as state and federal agencies.

He specializes in fair housing issues and has developed fair housing and outreach programs for governmental agencies as well as conducting seminars which are presented to property management companies, apartment associations, and the general public. For over twenty years was involved in the appraisal of residential, multi-family, farm, and commercial properties throughout the Midwest.

$199.00

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