Reasonable Accommodation Request and Verification for Assistance Animal

This signature authorizes the verifier to provide answers to the questions below to the best of his or her knowledge of this resident. The Fair Housing Act defines disability as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities. The Supreme Court has determined that to meet this definition a person must have an impairment that prevents or severely restricts the person from doing activities that are of central importance in most peoples' daily lives. The disability must be permanent (of continual or long duration) to be protected by the Fair Housing Act.

3. The legal definition of a reasonable accommodation is an exception to the normal rules of an apartment community that is necessary for the resident to have an equal opportunity to use and enjoy his or her apartment community. Note that applying this definition to a request for an animal requires a higher standard than merely stating that a resident would benefit from the presence of an animal in his or her apartment, since presumably most pet owners benefit from the presence of their pets.