A. The rights of unit owners in community associations to keep an emotional support animal (dog or other reasonable animal) in a condominium unit, even when the governing documents prohibit dogs or pets, is protected under federal law pursuant to the Federal Fair Housing Act. Condominium boards must allow a reasonable accommodation for emotional support animals assuming a unit owner makes a proper request with required documentation, as applicable. Additionally, in 2019, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into Illinois law the Assistance Animal Integrity Act that supplements existingfederal law regarding reasonable accommodation requests for assistance animals. In addition to the requirements contained in federal law, the Assistance Animal Integrity Act requires the author of the professional opinion in support of a reasonable accommodation request to have a “therapeutic relationship” with the requesting resident, a specifically defined term in the statute.
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