Service and Emotional Support Animals:
HUD Guidance Game Changer?
New Information on What You Can and Can’t Do With Requests for Service and Emotional Support Animals
Thursday, February 27, 2020 — THIS THURSDAY!
2-3 p.m. Eastern
An Exclusive HOAleader.com Webinar
With Practical Tips for Condo and HOA Boards
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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development got the message: Too many people are abusing rules meant to aid people who need animals to help with medical issues.
On Jan. 28, HUD issued new guidelines that will allow condo and HOA boards to tighten their responses to owners and residents who claim a medical need for an animal.
What steps can you and your HOA now take? What steps are still risky?
We’ll answer those questions and more in an in-depth webinar on February 27, where two experts with extensive experience in fair housing issues and law will tell you what HUD’s new directive says and doesn’t say. They’ll also offer you advice on how you should and probably shouldn’t respond to owners’ requests for accommodation for any animal.
You'll get clear and helpful information on:
- Service animals and emotional support animals and the difference between the two
- The specifics in HUD’s just-released guidelines and our experts’ predictions on whether they’ll curb what’s been a trend toward more and more requests for emotional support animals
- How to create a policy addressing such animals that you can actually enforce
- Steps you need to take to handle requests from members, including what you should ask owners in response to such requests and what you should avoid asking
- How to respond when an owner's evidence appears to be from an online medical-permission mill
- The restrictions you can place on service animals, including requiring them to be on leash in the common areas, housebroken, and more — plus whether it's permissible to demand an owner remove an animal from your association
- Advice on whether you can and should push the legal envelope on this issue, which we've heard many, many board members and experts want to do
- And much more!
In a mere 60 minutes, you'll receive sensible and valuable information that will help you better respond when owners request an accommodation for an animal. Register now for this informative event for community
association board members.
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| Attorney Phaedra J. Howard specializes in real estate, real
estate litigation and appeals, creditor remedies, and community association law, with an emphasis in the representation of condominium, townhome, planned community and cooperative associations at Hellmuth & Johnson in Edina, Minn. Howard assists hundreds of community associations in interpreting and enforcing governing documents; drafting and amending governing documents; handling homeowner and vendor disputes; advising associations on fair housing issues; and providing legal advice and
opinions on a wide variety of issues affecting community associations. Howard has taught many seminars on topics relating to community associations and is an approved fair housing trainer for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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| Attorney Lisa Magill represents condominium, homeowner, cooperative, and other common-interest realty associations, including condo-hotels, country clubs, and commercial and mixed-use properties at Kaye Bender Rembaum in Pompano Beach, Fla. She's long been active in the industry and a featured speaker on housing laws, covenant enforcement, and association operations for board members, managers, and other professionals. Lisa is a member of the College of
Community Association Lawyers and in 2015, she was appointed by the Southeast Florida Chapter of Community Associations Institute as a Florida Legislative Alliance delegate.
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A webinar is remarkably cost-effective and convenient. You participate from your home or office, using a regular telephone and a computer with an Internet connection. You have no travel costs, hassle, or commute
time.
Plus, for one low price, you can get as many people on your condo or HOA board to participate as you can fit around a speakerphone and a computer screen.
And now, with our special group membership offer, your entire board can attend—even from different locations. This offer requires an HOAleader.com Group Membership. When any group member orders, we will set up access for the entire group. Up to 10 users can attend for one low price. It's another incredible deal as part of HOAleader.com Group
Membership.
Because the conference is live, you can ask the speakers questions via the webinar interface. Many attendees tell us this is the most valuable part of the webinar.
You will receive access instructions via e-mail several days before the event. You don't need any additional materials before the webinar starts. Your conference materials will be available for you to view, print, and download when you log in to participate in the event.
If you are not completely satisfied after attending an HOAleader.com event, let us know within 30 days, and we will refund 100% of your registration fee ... no questions asked.
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