By: John W. Egan and Minh N. Vu

Seyfarth Synopsis: HUD’s May 22, 2026, memorandum announced that it will, going forward, find reasonable cause under the Fair Housing Act for failure to provide a reasonable accommodation only with respect to service animals, not ESAs.  Housing providers should proceed very cautiously before denying ESA requests.    

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Seyfarth Synopsis:  Is it a service animal or an emotional support animal?  Do I have to allow both?  How to tell one from the other, and the rules that apply.

We get a lot of questions about service and emotional support animals.  It’s obvious that there is a lot of confusion out there.  Here is how to tell one from
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