Skip to content

Helpful or Harmful? Emotional Support Animals in Your Community

This survey regarding Emotional Support Animals helps us to gather opinions on a hot button issue for those who live in private residential communities. ESA certificates are currently able to be obtained without the supervision of a doctor, which often leaves neighbors and property managers frustrated. Bill 1128 would require Floridians with an ESA to be certified by an MD and have an emotional or physical ailment documented.
 
We hope that you will participate in the survey which will be open from July 19th to August 30th. The results will be shared with all respondents, policymakers, and the media at the culmination of the survey.
 
As an added incentive, please fill out the survey to receive instructions on how to enter a sweepstakes to WIN a $100 Amazon Gift Card!

Thank you for your participation and for getting your voice heard!
1.What is your role within your community?(Required.)
2.What is your age?
3.What is your gender?
4.What county are you in?(Required.)
5.Community Type(Required.)
6.Community Size(Required.)
7.Does your community have pet restrictions?(Required.)
8.If yes, what type of pet restrictions does your community have?
9.How many requests for emotional support animals did your community receive last year?(Required.)
10.Do you send ESA requests to association counsel to evaluate?(Required.)
11.If you do not use counsel for ESA requests, how do you evaluate them and decide whether to approve or disapprove?
12.Have you ever disapproved an ESA request? If so, on what grounds?(Required.)
13.What is your biggest concern with emotional support animal requests in your community? Please rank based on your level of concern.(Required.)
Not at All
Slightly
Moderately
Very
Extremely
The request appears to be fraudulent
The ESA has become a nuisance
The resident fails to control the ESA’s behavior
The ESA is an aggressive breed or the ESA has displayed aggression in the community
We spend too much money and time evaluating these requests
14.Are you currently a pet owner?(Required.)
15.Have you ever owned a pet?(Required.)
16.Should medical professionals who write letters to assist owners in obtaining an ESA be required to have treated those individuals for a certain time period?(Required.)
17.Should medical professionals who write letters to assist owners in obtaining an ESA be subject to criminal penalties if those requests are proven to be fraudulent?(Required.)
18.Has the number of ESA requests in your community increased in the last three years?(Required.)
19.Have you ever had a fair housing complaint filed against you because of a request for an ESA?
20.Should the person requesting the ESA be subject to criminal or civil penalties if his or her request is proven to be fraudulent?
21.Has your association adopted a protocol and guidelines for addressing ESA requests?
Thank you so much for completing the survey!

To enter the sweepstakes to WIN a $100 Amazon Gift Card, send an email with the code word "TRAILBLAZERS" to survey@beckerlawyers.com. Good luck!
Current Progress,
0 of 21 answered