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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='color:#1F497D'>I thought this might be of interest to some.</span><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"MS Shell Dlg 2",sans-serif'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"MS Shell Dlg 2",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"MS Shell Dlg 2",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"MS Shell Dlg 2",sans-serif'>Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"MS Shell Dlg 2",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"MS Shell Dlg 2",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"MS Shell Dlg 2",sans-serif'>Michael Hingson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> GDBLounge [mailto:gdblounge-bounces@lists.blindcanadians.ca] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Sheila Styron<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, June 08, 2015 1:55 PM<br><b>To:</b> Guide Dogs for the Blind Lounge<br><b>Subject:</b> [GDBLounge] Fwd: landlords asking for service animal documentation<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>I am forwarding some applicable text cut and pasted, just the applicable section. There is a link to the original PDF if anybody wants to read more. <br><br>Best, Sheila<span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>816-896-6552<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>Begin forwarded message:<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><b>From:</b> Sheila Styron <<a href="mailto:SStyron@thewholeperson.org">SStyron@thewholeperson.org</a>><br><b>Date:</b> June 8, 2015 at 3:44:58 PM CDT<br><b>To:</b> "'<a href="mailto:sheilastyron@gmail.com">sheilastyron@gmail.com</a>'" <<a href="mailto:sheilastyron@gmail.com">sheilastyron@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>landlords asking for service animal documentation</b><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><h2>On April 25th, 2013 HUD issued new guidelines for housing Service Dogs and Emotional Support Animals in an effort to clarify the law for landlords, Service Dog handlers and Emotional Support Animal owners. The new wording brings it closer in-line with the ADA. You may view the original <a href="http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=servanimals_ntcfheo2013-01.pdf" target="_blank">PDF</a> or review the text below.<o:p></o:p></h2><p style='line-height:21.0pt'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;color:#646464'><img border=0 width=146 height=137 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.png@01D0A202.11353B80" alt="HUD Logo"><strong><span style='font-family:Lora'>U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT</span></strong></span></b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;color:#646464'><br>WASHINGTON, DC 20410-2000<br>OFFICE OF FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;color:#646464'>Housing providers may ask individuals who have disabilities that are not readily apparent or known to the provider to submit reliable documentation of a disability and their disability-related need for an assistance animal. If the disability is readily apparent or known but the disability-related need for the assistance animal is not, the housing provider may ask the individual to provide documentation of the disability-related need for an assistance animal. For example, the housing provider may ask persons who are seeking a reasonable accommodation for an assistance animal that provides emotional support 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. Such documentation is sufficient if it establishes that an individual has a disability and that the animal in question will provide some type of disability-related assistance or emotional support.<br>However, a housing provider may not ask a tenant or applicant to provide documentation showing the disability or disability-related need for an assistance animal if the disability or disability-related need is readily apparent or already known to the provider. For example, persons who are blind or have low vision may not be asked to provide documentation of their disability or their disability-related need for a guide dog.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:21.0pt'><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;color:#646464'>A housing provider also may not ask an applicant or tenant to provide access to medical records or medical providers or provide detailed or extensive information or documentation of a person’s physical or mental impairments. Like all reasonable accommodation requests, the determination of whether a person has a disability-related need for an assistance animal involves an individualized assessment. A request for a reasonable accommodation may not be unreasonably denied, or conditioned on payment of a fee or deposit or other terms and conditions applied to applicants or residents with pets, and a response may not be unreasonably delayed. Persons with disabilities who believe a request for a reasonable accommodation has been improperly denied may file a complaint with HUD.’</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='line-height:21.0pt'><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;color:#646464'>Section II: The ADA Definition of “Service Animal”</span></strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:Lora;color:#646464'><br>In addition to their reasonable accommodation obligations under the FHAct and Section 504, housing providers may also have separate obligations under the ADA. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;color:#2F5597'>Sheila Styron, ACTCP</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;position:relative;top:-2.5pt;mso-text-raise:2.5pt'>Public Policy Specialist</span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=585 height=1 id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.png@01D0A202.11353B80"><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#2F5597'>The Whole Person</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:2.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>3710 Main Street, Kansas City, MO 64111 </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:2.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>direct 816-627-2217 | main 816-561-0304 | mobile 816-896-6552| fax 816-931-0529</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:2.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="mailto:mailto:%20sstyron@thewholeperson.org"><span style='color:blue'>mailto: sstyron@thewholeperson.org</span></a> | </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://www.thewholeperson.org/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>thewholeperson.org</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Follow us on Facebook: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><a href="http://www.facebook.com/TheWholePerson"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:windowtext'>www.facebook.com/TheWholePerson</span></a></span><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Copperplate Gothic Bold",sans-serif;color:navy'> </span></i><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>