Employee Lease Addendum For Emotional Support Animal In Fulton
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Do landlords in Georgia have to accept ESAs? – Yes, landlords must accept official ESA letters as long as it's a reasonable accommodation request and they help an individual's disability or disability-related need.
Wait until a landlord accepts your application and offers you the place, then tell them you have an ESA and ask if that should be reflected in the lease or not. If they withdraw the offer you have a pretty strong case of housing discrimination (assuming you can prove the animal has ESA bona fides).
Pursuant to this Emotional Support Animal Lease Addendum, the owner or manager of the property may permit a person with a disability to keep an assistance animal as a reasonable accommodation, upon the following terms and conditions which shall be deemed to be a part of the resident's lease: 1.
For a person to legally have an emotional support animal (ESA), the owner must be considered to have a qualifying mental health or psychiatric disability by a licensed mental health professional (e.g., therapist, psychologist, psychiatrist, etc.), which is documented by a properly formatted prescription letter.
Even though the person may appear calm and confident, and lacks clear signs of mental health challenges, they are still qualified for an ESA! Remember that the purpose of an ESA is to provide comfort and reduce the symptoms of anxiety like an anxiety attack, even if it is a high-functioning one.
``I'm writing this email to inform you that I have recently received a prescription for an emotional support animal from my therapist, which I intend to live with me in my rental unit, and to request reasonable accommodation. I have been diagnosed with an ongoing disability and require assistance in my daily life.
The letter should provide sufficient details about the individual's disability and the animal that is providing emotional support. The letter should include the individual's name, age, and contact information. It should also include the mental health diagnosis and the type of emotional support animal.
An ESA letter is written by a practicing Licensed Mental Health Professional (LMHP), and must include their license number, type, and the date it was issued. Furthermore, it needs to contain the date the ESA letter was issued and the signature of the LMHP who issued the ESA letter.
