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We understand that a pet plays a significant part in many people’s lives, so we strive to allow most animals in most of our rental properties. To help ensure ALL of our residents understand our pet and animal-related policies, everyone must complete a pet profile, a “no pet” profile, or request accommodation for an assistance animal.

This process ensures we have formalized pet and animal-related policy acknowledgments and more accurate records to create greater mutual accountability.

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No Pets or Animals

This is a required application process for anyone who does NOT own a pet or animal or owns TINY pets that live in small cages, such as goldfish, small lizards, parakeets, and small rodents like a hamster or a gerbil. There is no cost ($) to you for completing the application process.

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Household Pets

This is a required application process for anyone that owns a household pet. This includes dogs, cats, and pets that live in large cages such as parrots, rabbits, large reptiles or 30 gallon+ fish tanks (because of the contained water). There is no cost ($).

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Assistance Animals

This process provides a HIPAA compliant and secure way of submitting a reasonable accommodation request for an assistance animal (service animals, emotional support animals, companion animals, etc.) that will be reviewed by a third-party legal review team to ensure the accommodation request meets HUD’s Fair Housing Act guidelines. There is no cost ($).

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Pet Policy

Rice Real Estate & Property Management follows the Fair Housing Act (FHAct) guidelines on reasonable accommodation requests for assistance animals.

We understand that a pet plays a significant part in many people’s lives, so we strive to allow most animals in most of
our rental properties. A welcoming environment is paramount to all of our residents. To help ensure ALL of our residents understand our pet and animal-related policies, everyone must complete a pet profile, a “no pet” profile, or request accommodation for an assistance animal.