American with Disabilities Act and zoning

[dndlc]

Our girls are like our family.

And ya' don't mess with family!!!

 

[flyladyrocks]

WOOHOO!!!! Congratulations! I hate home owner associations, so thankful we don't have one in the middle of the city!

No doubt they will be therapeutic for your wife. So happy you get to have chickens!

Originally Posted by dndlc

 

[dndlc]

Even though he hated the meeting with the HOA and their attorney- that meeting is probably what saved his case. It showed a request by the chicken owners and a refusal by the HOA. Unreasonable refusal, but it meant they were aware of his request.

We asked for a reasonable accommodation a month before the meeting. We asked for the meeting to try to educate them. They were just dead set on doing things their way and didn't care. The meeting with the attorney just reinforced our case.

Not all HOAs are like this. There are some who will make reasonable accommodations. Unfortunately that is just not the norm.

 

[ContessaKris]

Congrats on winning your case. Does she have her chickens back now? I was curious how chickens would help a person with disabilities or whatever? Therapeutic in what way? I ask personally. Was talking to hubby last night about the chickens we're getting tomorrow and I was thinking they might be therapeutic for me. But I didn't know how. I have such painful fibromyalgia. At the very least I thought they'd bring joy into my life and take my mind off the pain. How do they help your wife?

 

[flyladyrocks]

Congrats on winning your case. Does she have her chickens back now? I was curious how chickens would help a person with disabilities or whatever? Therapeutic in what way? I ask personally. Was talking to hubby last night about the chickens we're getting tomorrow and I was thinking they might be therapeutic for me. But I didn't know how. I have such painful fibromyalgia. At the very least I thought they'd bring joy into my life and take my mind off the pain. How do they help your wife?

 

[ContessaKris]

Aww, almost made me teary thinking something could help with pain. We're getting 4, the max our city allows. Planning to pick up a Buff Orp, RIRed, Barred Rock and not sure on what else the store has. We wanted a black Australorp but I'm not sure they have those. We'll see tomorrow. We homeschool too! I've already graduated one 4 years ago and now have a girl going into 10th. Trying to finish up for the school year but it never happens. We always fizzle out.

 

[flyladyrocks]

Chickens are certainly not a cure all, but for me I really feel like they help. I get chronic migraines too and they seem to be content to just snuggle with me when I am in the worst pain. You'll have to share what you get - with some pictures tomorrow! They grow so fast, I can't believe that 3 weeks ago they were just little fuzz balls!

Yes - when it comes to school we are majorly fizzling out too. We all have a major case of Spring Fever! It seems to be worse this year probably b/c of the particularly long winter.

Have a good, tolerable pain night.

 

[ceeksmom]

@dndlc I would very much like to hear more about your experience with a Harris County HOA!

 

[BBQJOE]

Congrats on the win!!!!!

 

[GodofPecking]

And since it is Federal Law it supersedes any local, county, city or stat laws.

AWESOME POST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[...]we have PREVAILED!!!
Tell every one you know ... the HOAs are going down!!!

Even better, ANOTHER AWESOME POST !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's not as simple as that. HUD (and ADA for Service Dogs and work issues) does not mean you can just bring in anything no matter what HOAs and landlords say. You are supposed to submit a request for reasonable accomodation. There are reasons that can be denied, ie unable to get insurance, etc. But the request is supposed to be submitted before the Service Dog or Emotional Support Animal is brought in. Even then once the animal is in place, conditions can lead to revocation of accommodation. One thing to remember is that the rights belong to a person not the animals.

It is up to the emotionally maladjusted public servants of the world to stay out of the way of the most vulnerable and helpless people in society, lest the majority find out how inept and comprehensively lacking in commonsense these public servants are. If they can't hide their ineptitude from the masses, they lose their job. Hiding their intellectual and emotional shortcomings is their job (apparently).

Animals FIRST, and being kind by throwing the dog a bone, or throwing the politician a tidbit of paperwork, comes second, if at all. Burdening the weakest in society is not the job of the politician, remember ?
If they busy themselves placing additional burdens on the weakest, they won't put in the effort required for their primary occupation and will suffer the consequences. 8^)