11/05/2024
11 am pt / 12 pm mt / 1 pm ct / 2 pm et
*approximate length: 45 minutes to 1 hour
presenter: doug chasick, cpm®, "that fair housing guy"
even though hud finally issued definitive guidance regarding assistive animals in january of 2020, confusion and apparent misunderstanding of the guidance continues to generate questions like:
- "what exactly is a service animal and what is an esa?"
- "what is a household animal – where i live, a pot-bellied pig is seen in households all the time, so is it also true in manhattan?"
- "is there such a thing as a national esa registry?"
- "must all service animals wear a vest?"
- "can i ask to see proof of training for service animals?"
- "can i mandate all animals being dna registered or does that only apply to pets?"
- "what about my amenities – can my visually-impaired resident swim with their dog?"
and the list goes on and on. i know some of these sounds familiar – probably too familiar! join us for a fast-paced, fact-filled session on all things assistance animals and the answer to the question, “what can three cats do that one cat can’t?”
learning objectives:
- learn the difference between assistive animals and pets and how to differentiate between a service animal and a support animal
- review what kind of accommodations we may need to approve, what questions we may ask and when we may ask for written verification
- understand what animals may and may not be allowed as service and/or support animals and how to manage requests for multiple animals
doug chasick, that fair housing guy™, is the former president of the fair housing institute, inc. with more than 47 years of investment real estate experience, he began as the resident manager of a 524-unit apartment property and has been the president or ceo of five real estate companies, responsible for portfolios of over 28,000 apartments, and more than 8 million square feet of commercial, retail and industrial properties.
doug was awarded his cpm® in 1979 and was a member of the irem national faculty. a senior instructor member of the naaei faculty, he leads the advanced facilitator training course, is the co-author of “outstanding facilitation techniques”, and was deeply involved in the creation of the joint irem & naaei “fair housing and beyond” course. he is a licensed real estate broker in florida, a licensed expert fair housing instructor in the commonwealth of virginia, and the recipient of the naaei apartment career & education award.