Below are the links to the information that Glenda Moyer, from Fair Housing Counsel sent me from our March meeting.  I will post it here and then move it into the MEMBERS ONLY page next month.

 I have attached the below materials: There are 6 documents embedded in the links (green text) below:

 HUD Guidance for assistance animals  See pages-

• • Page 11 – Documentation from the Internet
  • Pages 16 – 18 What information that landlords can require regarding verification
  • Page 19 – Examples of types of work/tasks that animals might do. This is important, for tenant who are requesting multiple ESA animals. Each animal must provide different work/tasks for a tenant to be able to have more than one animal.
• HUD/DOJ Joint Statement regarding Reasonable Modification – This information should be reviewed in the entirety. This information provides examples and does answer lots of questions regarding reasonable modification.
• Keating Memo – This memo is old, but such a great document written by HUDs General Council, it is still used. This provides information about Occupancy standards. Of course, Oregon has a landlord tenant law that talks about minimum of two people per bedroom, however, when there is other factors bedroom occupancy could be more or less occupants…it is all situational.
• Verification letters purchased online
• • Verification Letter 2 (Tobias Unterfranz) – This Oregon provider was paid by an online company to meet with folks for a short time over the phone to provide verification letters for assistance animals. Many problems from a fair housing angle, however, Unterfranz was also reprimanded by the Oregon Board of Licensed Professional Counselors and Therapists for this exact letter (see attached disciplinary action)
  • Online Verification Housing & Travel – This online provider met with a person for 15 minutes over the phone, then emailed the attached verification for both housing and airline travel. You will notice it has a one-year expiration date. Why one year? Why an expiration date at all? Answer…to get more money. Also, you will notice the provider is recommending that patient be allowed to take their ESA animal with them into public access areas…ESA animals are not allowed in public access areas under ADA law.

 

Please reach out to me if you have any questions.

 

Regards,

 

Glenda Moyer

Eastern Oregon Education and Outreach Coordinator