ADA Accommodations for apartments

twoinanddone
Sun, 27 Nov 2016 07:08:03 +0000

Although there may be city ordinances or state laws that allow a more liberal housing policy of ESA, the only federal law is for air travel and hotels (and it is a federal law many regret passing especially as it is abused all the time for plane travel). Florida specifically bans ESAs from grocery stores and restaurants while service animals are allowed by federal law.

Make sure the lawyer knows this is a emotional support animal and not a service animal. Many people misinterpret the ADA. It doesn’t say that any person who claims a disability gets to do whatever he wants, it requires certain businesses, schools, government offices to make accommodations IF those can be done without compromising the activity. A blind person can’t require a medical school to admit him, a person can be required to lift 50 pounds or stand for 4 hours at a time, and the business doesn’t have to hire him if he can’t. If the ESA is a pit bull, and pit bulls aren’t allowed in that city, I don’t think the accommodation can be made.