Can You Deny Request for Assistance Animal if Breed Is Banned Under Local Law?

A Florida community is defending a fair housing case filed by a resident who asked to keep a pit bill as an emotional support animal. The community banned residents from keeping pets, except for birds and fish, but the resident asked for a reasonable accommodation to the policy with documentation from his doctor attesting to his disability and need for the dog for its therapeutic use and function. Eventually, the case ended up in court, where the community argued that the accommodation request was unreasonable because the dog was a pit bull and pit bulls were banned by local ordinance.