Assistance Animals
Fact Sheet: Rights to Assistance Animals in Housing
This tells you about your right to have an assistance animal when your housing does not allow pets. Assistance animal means an animal you need lives in your home. It can be a service animal or an emotional support animal. This pub tells you what to do if your landlord will not let you keep your assistance animal and tells you where to get help.
Fact Sheet: Service Animals in Business and Public Spaces
You cannot bring emotional support animals into businesses or public places. You can bring service animals to those places. This pub tells you how to know if your animal is a service animal. If a business does not let you have your service animal, this pub tells you what you can do to keep your animal with you.
Rights to Service and Emotional Support Animals in Housing and Public Places – FAQs
If you have a disability, are experiencing homelessness, and have a service animal, the law enables you to have it with you in public places and in your housing, including in homeless shelters.
Emotional Support and Service Animals in Public Housing
A service animal may be trained by a professional, a friend, a family member, or the person with a disability.