Housing and the Americans with Disabilities Act

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You just knew it: a LINK!http://www.ada.gov/Love, to you all,n

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n, thanks for the link. You are a jewel.I've been to the ada.gov site more times in the last few months, than ever before in my entire life; or, at least since the general public had access to the world wide web.ADA governs public access and ensures that a disabled person who has a service dog is legally able to take his or her dog into places that otherwise have no dogs allowed rules. This means that the pet dog can't go to the restaurant with you. Lots of businesses have no dogs allowed rules; but, because of the ada act governing service animals, these same businesses need to allow service dogs. For housing, it's a HUD/Fair Housing Administration issue. I do not have a dog yet. When I tried to get a dog in August, I was denied because this is a no dog complex. Having said that, as a

disabled person with a need that can be mitigated by having the appropriate sized dog (23 inches is not tall enough), I should be able to have the no dogs rule waived because I live in housing which gets funding from HUD. After I get a dog and he or she is well trained, and I try to go into the supermarket with the dog and get asked to leave, then it becomes an ADA issue and I can file a complaint with the DOJ. Actually, I would leave a copy of the ADA rules governing service animals and the phone number for the DOJ. If it kept happening, then it would likely involve filing a complaint with the Department of Justice.Donna in WA