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Service and Emotional Support Animals, the Basics.

Under Fair Housing Regulations, if a tenant requests a reasonable accommodation for a disability or covered condition, the landlord must consider and allow a reasonable accommodation.   The most frequent request landlords receive is for an animal, either an emotional support animal or a service animal.  If an animal qualifies as either an emotional support animal...

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Service and Emotional Support Animals at the Pool?

With the weather heating up, what about service or emotional support animals in or near the pool?   In the pool, the answer is no.  That is not a reasonable accommodation as it violates health and safety protocol and procedures.   Near the pool, however, it depends.  An emotional support animal is less likely to...

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City of Tucson may attempt to require all Landlords to accept Section 8 Tenants and prohibit Landlords from conducting Criminal Background Checks on Prospective Tenants

The City of Tucson, according to a Draft Housing Affordability for Tucson (HAST) proposal, appears to be considering requiring all Landlords to accept Section 8 tenants.  From the limited research I have been able to do it appears that property owners and managers were not included in some of the initial meetings regarding this plan. ...

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Alabama Association of Realtors challenging most recent extension of the CDC Eviction Moratorium

The Plaintiff in Alabama Association of Realtors v. United States Department of Health and Human Services filed an emergency motion yesterday to enforce the Supreme Court’s ruling and to vacate the stay pending appeal.  We have a copy of the Motion available through the below link.  As we understand it, we expect an answer from...

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CDC Extended Eviction Moratorium through October 3, 2021

August 3, 2021   Dear Clients:   We just received the extension of the eviction moratorium from the CDC based upon the statement made by President Biden earlier this afternoon.  We have attached a copy of the CDC statement here.   According to the information reported to date regarding why President Biden has taken this...

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CDC Eviction Moratorium–Will they extend it….again?

As many of you may have heard, President Biden has asked Congress to extend the CDC Eviction Moratorium set to expire July 31, 2021 through September of this year.  The Supreme Court, in a ruling this past month, indicated the CDC Moratorium was not Constitutional and took the position of simply allowing it to expire...

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ANOTHER POTENTIAL SOURCE OF INCOME FOR SOME TENANTS

Starting July 15th, just two days from now, the US Treasury will start sending what it refers to as “advance Child Tax Credit payments” to eligible families on the 15th of every month.  The maximum amount for each child under age 6 is $300 per month and for each child 6 to 18 is $250...

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Updates from the Tucson Pima County Eviction Prevention Program

REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION FROM LANDLORDS: PROGRAM DASHBOARD UPDATE: One of the many goals of this program is to be transparent about the process, requests for assistance, and reporting. We want to manage expectations and keep the public informed on funding distribution. On average, requests per week have diminished significantly and are now between 100-200 requests. This is...