Community Association Matters

Lets assume your community has a no pet policy.  For years that policy went unchallenged, but now your association finds itself with an accommodation request from an owner for an Emotional Support Animal.  Is your association required to approve that accommodation?  Is it legal for you to ask for additional documentation?  What are the consequences if you deny such a request?  These answers are becoming more common today than they were in the past.  With the improvement in technology, associations are facing challenges to their policies and procedures that were unheard of just a few years ago.  In order to answer these questions, in this episode of Community Association Matters, we speak with Donna Dimaggio Berger, Esq. from the law offices of Becker.  First, we have to understand what is a disability.  A disability is a physical or mental impairment, which substantially limits one or more of such person’s major life activities.  Major life activities include caring for oneself, walking, talking, seeing, hear