Idaho Emotional Support Animal Housing Accommodation Request
Idaho Emotional Support Animal Housing Accommodation Request
Before you use this: This letter asks for an individualized housing accommodation. Idaho Code § 56-701A(5) defines a task-trained service dog for that chapter and says emotional support alone is not a task under it. This letter does not claim service-dog status. That definition does not decide a separate accommodation request under the federal Fair Housing Act.
Date: [__/__/____]
To: [HOUSING PROVIDER OR MANAGER]
Delivery address or email: [ADDRESS OR EMAIL]
From: [RESIDENT OR APPLICANT NAME]
Dwelling or application: [STREET ADDRESS, UNIT, CITY, IDAHO ZIP]
Private response address or email: [CONTACT INFORMATION]
Request
I request a reasonable accommodation under 42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3)(B) so that I may keep the animal identified below. The requested change may be necessary for me to use and enjoy this dwelling on equal terms. Please also evaluate this request consistently with Idaho Code § 67-5909(8)(b), which addresses disability discrimination in the terms, facilities, and services of a real estate transaction.
Animal name and species: [________________________________]
Housing rule or charge for which I request an exception: [NO-ANIMAL RULE / PET CHARGE / OTHER RULE]
Specific change requested: [________________________________]
How the animal helps address my disability-related need, without a diagnosis: [____________________________________________________________]
How the requested change helps me use and enjoy this dwelling: [____________________________________________________________]
Supporting information:
☐ My disability-related need for this accommodation is apparent or already known to the provider.
☐ I enclose relevant supporting information. Attachment: [____________________________].
☐ Please identify any limited additional information you reasonably need and a private way to provide it.
Please respond in writing to [PRIVATE CONTACT METHOD] by [REQUESTED DATE]. If you propose a different accommodation, please explain it so I can respond. I am available to discuss the animal's ordinary care and any specific concern about it.
Sincerely,
Signature: [________________________________] Date signed: [__/__/____]
Printed name: [________________________________]
Delivery record
Delivered to: [NAME OR OFFICE]
Method: ☐ Email ☐ Mail ☐ Hand delivery ☐ Housing portal
Date delivered: [__/__/____] Confirmation or tracking: [________________________________]
Official sources
About this template
- Last updated
- November 4, 2026
- Citations checked
- November 4, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Idaho
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- 42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3)(B) (covered-housing accommodation)
- Idaho Code § 67-5902(12) (real estate transaction includes rental or lease)
- Idaho Code § 67-5909(8)(b) (disability discrimination in real estate transactions)
- Idaho Code § 56-701A(5) (service-dog definition and emotional support distinction)
Landlord-tenant paperwork governs who can stay in a property, on what terms, and what happens when something goes wrong. Leases, notices to quit, security deposit demands, and habitability complaints all have state and often city-specific requirements for timing, content, and service. Getting the paperwork right is what makes an eviction actually succeed or a security deposit actually come back, because judges regularly dismiss cases over small procedural mistakes.
Not legal advice
This template is provided for informational purposes. We recommend having an attorney review any legal document before signing, especially for high-value or complex matters.
Checked against the law it cites
A reviewer verified this template's legal citations against the official source on November 4, 2026.
42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3)(B) (checked November 4, 2026): "a refusal to make reasonable accommodations in rules, policies, practices, or services, when such accommodations may be necessary to afford such person equal opportunity to use and enjoy a dwelling"
Idaho Code § 67-5902(12) (checked November 4, 2026): "includes the sale, exchange, rental or lease of real property"
Idaho Code § 67-5909, opening paragraph (checked November 4, 2026): "disability in subsections (1), (2), (3) and (4) of this section, provided that the prohibition against discrimination because of disability shall not apply if the particular disability, even with a reasonable accommodation, prevents the performance of the work required in that job, and in subsections (6), (8), (9), (10) and (11) of this section"
Idaho Code § 67-5909(8)(b) (checked November 4, 2026): "To discriminate against a person in the terms, conditions or privileges of a real estate transaction or in the furnishing of facilities or services in connection therewith"
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