[RPPTL LandTen] Service Animals, Emotional Support Animals etc.

Tue Aug 18 08:57:35 PDT 2015

I would participate in this.  I think that the new Florida statute is problematic, as well, and probably inconsistent with the Fair Housing Act (federal).  

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On Aug 18, 2015, at 11:51 AM, Harry Heist <harry at evict.com> wrote:

I have never been at such a loss in my life on one area of law.

While I am not too into learning new law at this point, maybe we can get a small subgroup together.

I had 3 of these already today.

The main issue is what proof can be asked of the applicant/tenant for the service animal need and who is qualified to provide that proof.

I have seen some wild things/forms/info requests coming out of extremely large national and Florida firms who focus on representing associations. I do not think they are legal.  I would welcome their input as they are putting their neck out on the line for these associations.

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I actually attended a CLE on this issue recently and my guess would be that there probably are not any private attorneys who feel confident in this area of law right now.  Even the attorney from the housing commission who gave the presentation acknowledged there is a lot of confusion and conflicting rules when it comes to application of ADA, Fair Housing, Fed. laws and State Statutes.  I have found it's almost impossible to give the right answer to a property owner.  If one set of laws doesn't apply or allows for a certain course of action, then there always seems to be another set of laws that is the opposite.

I would love to see any CLE's or discussions on the issue because as Harry said, this is not going away. 
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> Subject: Re: [RPPTL LandTen] Service Animals, Emotional Support Animals
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> From: Jariel Bortnick <jariel.bortnick at gmail.com <mailto:jariel.bortnick at gmail.com>>
> Date: Tue, August 18, 2015 10:58 am
> To: RPPTL Landlord Tenant Committee <landten at lists.flabarrpptl.org <mailto:landten at lists.flabarrpptl.org>>
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> To start, maybe we could do a section CLE on the topic?
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> Jariel
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> On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 10:36 AM, Harry Heist <harry at evict.com <mailto:harry at evict.com>> wrote:
> We need an attorney who REALLY knows this law inside and out for referrals for questions.
>  
> We are buried in questions and requests that we cannot answer  or are uncomfortable in answering.
>  
> We just saw a Florida case the other day where a Florida attorney’s blatant bad advice cost an association over 20K
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> Never in 25 years have I seen this. It is totally out of control.
>  
> We have an attorney we refer all the time in Georgia but we are looking for one who knows this law inside and out in Florida and is prepared to go out on a limb and actually answer questions.
>  
> You all probably know we have a LOT of clients. This could be  good opportunity for someone who really knows the law, is keeping up on it 100% and can give a solid answer.
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> This stuff is NOT going away.
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> Harry
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