[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 24, Volume 4]

[Revised as of April 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 24CFR960.705]



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                 TITLE 24--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

CHAPTER IX--OFFICE OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING, 

               DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

 

PART 960_ADMISSION TO, AND OCCUPANCY OF, PUBLIC HOUSING--Table of Contents

 

                Subpart G_Pet Ownership in Public Housing

 

Sec.  960.705  Animals that assist, support, or provide service to 

persons with disabilities.



    (a) This subpart G does not apply to animals that assist, support or 

provide service to persons with disabilities. PHAs may not apply or 

enforce any policies established under this subpart against animals that 

are necessary as a reasonable accommodation to assist, support or 

provide service to persons with disabilities. This exclusion applies to 

such animals that reside in public housing, as that term is used in 

Sec.  960.703, and such animals that visit these developments.

    (b) Nothing in this subpart G:

    (1) Limits or impairs the rights of persons with disabilities;

    (2) Authorizes PHAs to limit or impair the rights of persons with 

disabilities; or

    (3) Affects any authority that PHAs may have to regulate service 

animals that assist, support or provide service to persons with 

disabilities, under Federal, State, or local law.