Excerpts of a couple of actual judgments involving emotional support animals (ESAs) under the Fair Housing Act (FHA): In 2011, John J. and Nancy A. Meany, owners of a four-apartment building in Iowa were ordered to pay all damages to their tenants and to pay a $16,000 civil penalty for violating the FHA by refusing to grant a reasonable accommodation by modifying their no-pets policy to allow the tenant's daughter's emotional support animal. See full decision at: http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=HUDvMeany.pdf In 2011, Redstone Association (an owners' association) and its property manager Derek Peterson were ordered to pay all damages related to actual damages, inconvenience and economic loss to the tenants of one of the properties under its management and to pay $96,000 in civil penalties ($16,000 each for six violations of the FHA) (see http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/documents/huddoc?id=11-081101818.pdf for full decision). These six violations were:
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