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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is an Emotional Support Animal (ESA)?
An Emotional Support Animal (ESA) is an animal that provides therapeutic benefit (e.g., emotional support, comfort, companionship) to a person with a mental health or psychiatric disability (such as a serious mental health condition). An ESA is not considered a Service Animal, but under U.S. law, an emotional support animal is also not considered a pet and is generally not restricted by the type of animal.1, 2 Any domesticated animal may be considered as an ESA (e.g., cats, dogs, mice, rabbits, birds, hedgehogs, rats, minipigs, ferrets, etc.) and they can be any age. However, an ESA must be able to be manageable in public and does not create a nuisance.

ESA’s do not perform specific tasks, instead it is the presence of the animal that relieves the symptoms associated with a person’s serious mental health condition. For a person to legally have an emotional support animal (ESA), the owner must be considered to have a qualifying mental health or psychiatric disability by a licensed mental health professional (e.g., therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, etc.), which is documented by a properly formatted prescription letter. The difference between a legitimate ESA and a pet is the letter from your licensed mental health professional.

https://www.umassmed.edu/TransitionsACR/resources/emotional-support-animals-101/

YIKES.  Can you ask him for the letter to prove it?  I'd want proof to waive any fees.  And if he can't produce one, then he's a liar.[/quote]

My acupuncturist says my emotional support raccoon (who loves to burrow in drywall) keeps me centered. Suck on it landlords [/quote]

Sorry, but you are not protected by the Fair Housing Act.  The Fair Housing Act allows landlords to require documentation from a licensed medical or mental health professional that you have a disability (not what it is, but that you have one) and required a ESA to treat the disability.  The landlord can require that it be a licensed professional and list their licensing identification number on the letter.  Unless your acupuncturist is a licensed medical or mental health professional with state identification or federal NPI, the landlord does not need to accept that documentation and can decline you as a potential tenant.

If you want to game the system, you have to do better than that.[/quote]

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