The Fair Housing Act also protects people with disabilities and covers service and support animals: service animals are properly defined for necessity, but support animals are just "any animal that provides therapeutic or psychological aid to a person," a definition too broad and too vulnerable to abuse. This causes health hazards: it is common to see dogs inside supermarkets and restaurants, but when people are at home they should be safe: all housing, including "no pets" communities must allow service animals, but the criteria for "support animals" must be reworded so the rights of people who suffer from phobias, allergies, asthma, etc. are not hurt by the presence of animals. The law must not discriminate against people whose disabilities demand that they live in a "no pets" community.
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