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Woman facing eviction due to breed of emotional support animal

Civil Rights, Emotional Support Animals (ESA), Fair Housing Act, Housing, Medical Assistance Animals, News
July 4, 2019

She says her landlord’s insurance policy prevents violent breeds from living in a home. Bruno was spotted and a complaint was filed with the city. This leaves Hodges, who is living on a disability check, in a difficult position.

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bruno, complaint, first coast news, Florida, insurance policy, landlord, martha hodges, orange park, post-traumatic stress disorder, ptsd, troy kless

Landlord fined $15,000 after denying renter’s emotional support animal

Cases, Civil Rights, Education, Emotional Support Animals (ESA), End Disability Discrimination, Fair Housing Act, Fair Housing Act, Housing, Medical Assistance Animals, News, Reasonable Accommodation
November 20, 2018

A New York landlord has been slapped with a $15,000 fine to settle a discrimination case involving a mentally ill tenant and her emotional support animal, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

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Anna Maria Farias, apartment complex, Department of Housing and Urban Development, HUD, Inman, landlord, New York, Nicolas Tessari, Nolo Contendere LLC, Nolo Contendere LLC Trust

HUD and DOJ challenge Facebook’s advertising platforms under the Fair Housing Act

Cases, Civil Rights, Fair Housing Act, Fair Housing Act, Government, Housing
September 21, 2018

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has filed an administrative complaint against Facebook alleging discriminatory advertising in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA). HUD alleges that housing advertisers can use Facebook’s advertising tools and algorithms to exclude applicants based on protected categories such as race, sex, or national origin.

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advertising, Department of Housing and Urban Development, discriminate, DOJ, Facebook, FHA, HUD, National Fair Housing Alliance, New York, New York City Human Rights Law, NFHA, protected classes, Southern District

University of Wisconsin Green Bay sees increase in emotional support animals on campus

Civil Rights, Emotional Support Animals (ESA), Fair Housing Act, Housing, Medical Assistance Animals, News, Rehabilitation Act of 1973
September 17, 2018

“Fair Housing has determined that universities do need to look at that and be able to provide reasonable accommodation so we have started to get more and more requests of emotional support animals,” said Lynn Niemi, Director of Disability Services at UWGB.

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Amy Mauk, cats, Cearron Bagenda, diabetic alert dog, dogs, ferrets, green bay, hamsters, Lily, rabbits, UWGB, wbay.com, Wisconsin

There’s been a spike in university ‘enrollments’ of emotional support animals

Civil Rights, Emotional Support Animals (ESA), Fair Housing Act, Housing, Medical Assistance Animals, Reasonable Accommodation, Stop Disability Fraud
June 26, 2018

University enrollment is on the rise, especially if you have four legs.

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Elisabeth Buchwald, Grace Wilkowski, Hawaii, Idaho, MarketWatch, Meredyth Goodwin, Washington State University

Renters, don’t falsify your pit bull as a ‘service animal’ in Oklahoma

Civil Rights, Housing, Reasonable Accommodation
May 29, 2018

Paid-for certification of service animals — bought online or anywhere else — never passed the smell test, and now it doesn’t pass the legal test in Oklahoma. Supporting documentation that was acquired through purchase or exchange of funds for goods and services shall be presumed to be fraudulent supporting documentation.

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Chris Kannady, Governor Mary Fallin, H.B. 3282, Kim David, Manufactured Housing Association of Oklahoma, Oklahoma, Pit Bull, Richard Mize
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