Comments on: State Makes Condo’s Dog Ban Human Rights Issue http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2012/04/state-makes-condos-dog-ban-human-rights-issue/ Because no one is above the law! Sat, 19 Jan 2013 16:27:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Mea Culpa http://www.judicialwatch.org/blog/2012/04/state-makes-condos-dog-ban-human-rights-issue/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Mea Culpa Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:27:16 +0000 http://www.judicialwatch.org/?p=13132#comment-535 Quote: "In a bizarre case that could set all sorts of dangerous legal precedents..." Whoever wrote this has been locked in a cave on a deserted island for quite some time. Remove the state law and you're left with the Fair Housing Act which protects emotional support animals, and defended by The Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Department of Justice (DOJ). There are numerous cases on the books. While this case may be news locally, it isn't new and precedent-setting by any means! Feel free to search either the official HUD or DOJ web sites for such cases: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press_releases_media_advisories http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/April/index.html And the condo association may find the settlement can be very expensive. For example, in the recent case of "United States v. Fox Point at Redstone Association" (settled 2.27.2012), Fox paid $20,000 in damages just for charging fees for keeping an emotional support animal! If you're thinking support animals come only as guide dogs for the blind, you're sadly mistaken. Just ask any veteran suffering Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome who uses a support dog, or diabetic whose support dog warns them their blood sugar has changed, and many more - including those who suffer with depression. Quote: “In a bizarre case that could set all sorts of dangerous legal precedents…” Whoever wrote this has been locked in a cave on a deserted island for quite some time. Remove the state law and you’re left with the Fair Housing Act which protects emotional support animals, and defended by The Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Department of Justice (DOJ). There are numerous cases on the books. While this case may be news locally, it isn’t new and precedent-setting by any means! Feel free to search either the official HUD or DOJ web sites for such cases:
http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/press/press_releases_media_advisories
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/April/index.html

And the condo association may find the settlement can be very expensive. For example, in the recent case of “United States v. Fox Point at Redstone Association” (settled 2.27.2012), Fox paid $20,000 in damages just for charging fees for keeping an emotional support animal!

If you’re thinking support animals come only as guide dogs for the blind, you’re sadly mistaken. Just ask any veteran suffering Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome who uses a support dog, or diabetic whose support dog warns them their blood sugar has changed, and many more – including those who suffer with depression.

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