Pennsylvania Assistance-Animal Accommodation Request and Decision Packet
PENNSYLVANIA ASSISTANCE-ANIMAL ACCOMMODATION REQUEST AND DECISION PACKET
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Current Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission materials identify disability and use, handling, or training of a guide or support animal for disability as protected in housing. The Commission's fair-housing page lists charging a fee for a support animal as discriminatory, and its December 2025 notice states that emotional-support animals are recognized primarily in housing accommodations.
Use current state law rather than the withdrawn HUD 2013 and 2020 notices still linked in some older resource collections. HUD's May 2026 enforcement policy does not amend the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. Evaluate need, reliable support, conditions, and defenses on the particular facts.
REQUEST
| Item | Information |
|---|---|
| Tenant / applicant | [________________________________] |
| Housing provider / property | [________________________________] |
| Request date | [__/__/____] |
| Guide, service, or support animal | [________________________________] |
| Requested rule, fee, or condition change | [________________________________] |
Animal role: ☐ Trained guide or service work ☐ Emotional support ☐ Other disability assistance ☐ Unclear
Disability-related limitation, without diagnosis: [________________________________]
Why the accommodation may be necessary: [________________________________]
Reliable supporting information attached, if reasonably needed: [________________________________]
Requester signature: ______________________________ Date: [__/__/____]
PROVIDER REVIEW AND DECISION
☐ Pennsylvania support-animal protection reviewed independently of withdrawn HUD notices
☐ Requested fee or policy exception identified precisely
☐ Disability-related need and animal role evaluated
☐ Only information genuinely needed for the decision requested
☐ Conditions, alternatives, and any individualized defense considered
Decision: ☐ Approve ☐ Alternative ☐ Request limited information ☐ Deny ☐ Counsel review
Reasons and authority: [____________________________________________________________]
SOURCES AND REFERENCES
About this template
- Last updated
- July 26, 2026
- Citations checked
- July 26, 2026
- Jurisdiction
- Pennsylvania
- Category
- Landlord & Tenant
Legal authority
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, 43 P.S. § 955(h) (housing discrimination)
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission fair-housing and ESA materials
- 42 U.S.C. § 3604(f)(3)(B); 24 C.F.R. § 100.204
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 July 26, 2026.
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