HUD Notice FHEO-2020-01: Assessing A Person’s Request To Have An Animal As A Reasonable Accommodation Under The Fair Housing Act

On January 30, 2020, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development issued a notice outlining certain obligations of housing provider organization under the Fair Housing Act (FHA) with respect to animals that individuals with disabilities may request as reasonable accommodations. This guidance provides housing provider organizations with a set of best practices for complying with the FHA when assessing requests for reasonable accommodations to keep animals in housing, including the information that a housing provider organization may need to know from a health care professional about an individual’s need for an assistance animal in housing . . .