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leomom
Guest
- Jurisdiction
- California
I have been dealing with a situation regarding my Emotional Support Animal and our housing unit. I have been living in the same unit of a student housing community for two years with my support animal of 15 years. In this housing community, tenants typically "rent by the bed space" so typically there are four students to a two-bedroom unit. In April the resident managers had placed a new tenant in the unit. After a few weeks, said new roommate began bringing a guests pet inside the unit. This animal compromised the safety of my support animal, his ability to perform his therapeutic duties, and also heightened my emotional and behavioral issues. I had confronted the roommate as well as the resident managers about the situation and we all collectively agreed that for the safety of my support animal and myself, no other animals are to enter the unit. Months later, said roommate acquires a dog and claims it as a support animal. Once again, the safety of me and my support animal as well as his ability to perform have been compromised. When confronting resident services they responded with great unprofessional rudeness and had stated that they cannot force the roommate to move and cannot relocate her because of the service animal. Of course the roommate continues to refuse to move regardless of the injustice she has created. It has continually affected my emotional state to the point of needing to seek medical help. I am desperately seeking legal advice to question what rights my service animal and I have collectively and if there is any legal action that I can take to remove the roommate as soon as possible.