Employee Lease Addendum For Emotional Support Animal In Washington
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If your landlord persists on rejecting your ESA, you will ask them to write a formal letter reflecting this rejection. You will write back to them in an email stating that you have provided all necessary documentation (which is an ESA letter from an ESA doctor or licensed mental health professional).
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).
Alleviating depression (if depression is a symptom of the mental condition, or the condition itself) is a function of an emotional support animal and should satisfy the requirement. Can a landlord verify the emotional support animal letter? Landlords are more than welcome to verify an ESA letter.
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.
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.
Emotional Support Animals in Washington Housing The federal Fair Housing Act goes further than the ADA or Washington's discrimination law. Under the FHA, housing facilities must allow you to have an emotional support animal, if the animal is necessary for you to have an equal opportunity to use and enjoy the home.
Only a state-licensed mental health professional (LMHP) can issue an ESA letter. Cowlitz County Health and Human Services (CCHHS) cannot provide ESA letters.
If a landlord has a no-pets policy, a tenant may ask for a reasonable accommodation to allow him or her to have a service or emotional support animal. A request for a reasonable accommodation may be submitted orally or in writing. The landlord must analyze the request in a timely fashion and on a case-by-case basis.
Immediately write an email and request that all communication concerning the ESA be kept through email. Do not answer any phone calls from your landlords after this. You want a clear paper trail.
Landlords are more than welcome to verify an ESA letter. The letters should come on the professional letterhead of the mental health professional along with their contact information, phone number, and email address. The letter will also include the therapist's license number.
