Emotional Support Animals and Your Health

It has been scientifically proven that pets can improve peoples health by decreasing blood pressure, stress, better mood and even fitness. The psychological benefits are so great that pets can be prescribed to help people cope with their emotional disabilities. These pets are called emotional support animal and are protected at the airport and in long term rental housing. No training or registration is necessary and any pet can be your emotional support dog.

Once you have a ESA prescription you can fly anywhere you want with your dog for no additional fees. And if you live in a no pet rental housing you can also override your landlord's rules with a ESA prescription. Though a pet prescription works in long term rental housing your prescription will not work in short term housing such as hotels or motels.

And since you dog does not need to be trained their are no special registration procedures to follow other than the person having a ESA prescription. And once you do have your esa letter please keep in mind that your prescription is valid for one year.

And though registration is not necessary some people do choose to have their dog registered through various online services - some are free and others will charge for this service. But keep in mind this is completely optional

In the U.S., federal protection against housing discrimination is afforded to mentally disabled persons under two federal statutes: Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Federal Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 (FHAA).2. These statutes, and the corresponding case law, create the general rule that a landlord cannot discriminate against disabled persons in housing, and if a reasonable accommodation will enable a disabled person to equally enjoy and use the rental unit, the landlord must provide the accommodation. Persons with disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation, such as a waiver of a "no pets policy," for any assistance animal, including an emotional support animal, under both the FHAA and Section 504.3.

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and Department of Justice have held that "providers may not require persons with disabilities to pay extra fees ordeposits as a condition of receiving a reasonable accommodation."13. While a landlord may be able to recoup reasonable fees for damage done after the fact by the tenant and his or her emotional support animal, an initial security deposit may go against the purpose of the law.1. The Ninth Circuit, in U.S. v. California Mobile Home Management Company (9th Cir. 1994), for instance, rejected the claim that "any fee which is generally applicable to all residents of a housing community cannot be discriminatory."9.Specifically, the Ninth Circuit said that "fees that merit closer scrutiny are those with unequal impact, imposed in return for permission to engage in conduct that...a landlord is required to permit." 9. This case was not about pet deposits, however, but, rather, considered whether a guest fee and guest parking fee was acting in a discriminatory manner towards a disabled person who required regular home visits by health care aides.9. In 1990, a HUD administrative judge enjoined owners of an apartment complex from charging a disabled person a pet deposit fee.9. The judge held that an auxiliary aid, like a service, guide, or signal dog, may be necessary to afford the individual an equal opportunity to use and enjoy the dwelling unit, including public and common areas.9.

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Online therapy and emotional support animal and registry service. we help people fly with the pet they love