Free Legal Resources

The Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities, Inc.
(800) 342-0823

Have you presented a letter from a doctor documenting a need for an emotional support animal, and still have been denied the right to have an emotional support animal? If so, contact a FHAP (Fair Housing Assistance Partners) agency. If you live in Florida contact:

Broward County Civil Rights Division
115 S. Andrews Avenue, A680
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-1802
(954)357-7800

The Miami-Dade County Equal Opportunity Board (MDCEOB)
Martin Luther King, Jr. Office Plaza
2525 NW 62nd Street, 4th Floor
Miami, Florida 33147
(305) 514-6193

Palm Beach County Office of Equal Opportunity
215 N. Olive Avenue, Suite 130
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Mapquest
Telephone: (561) 355-4883
Fax: (561) 355-4932

more areas on HUD website, Fair Housing assistance agencies in Florida

Coast to Coast Legal Aid of South Florida
491 North State Road 7 (441)
Plantation, Florida 33317
(954) 736-2400
Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
http://www.legalaid.org/

Florida State Courts Self Help
http://www.flcourts.org/gen_public/family/self_help/legal_aid.shtml

The Dade County Bar Association launched LegalLine, a once-a-month toll-free phone line for South Floridians (866-596-0399).
It is staffed by lawyers from 6 to 9 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month and designed to answer basic legal questions -- free of charge -- covering a broad legal spectrum.

Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County
561-655-8944
http://www.legalaidpbc.org/about_location.shtml

Center for Independent Living of Broward
4800 N. State Road 7, Suite 102, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33319
954-722-6400 | TTY : 954-735-0963 | FAX : 954-735-1958
Toll Free : 888-722-6400
http://www.cilbroward.org/website/

Center for Independent Living Options (CILO)
6800 Forest Hill Boulevard
(Approximately 5.2 miles West of I-95)
West Palm Beach
(561) 966-4288
http://www.cilo.org/

Center for Independent Living of South Florida
6660 Biscayne Blvd, Miami, FL   33138
(800) 854-7551
Voice/TDD  (305) 751-8025
info@soflacil.org
http://www.soflacil.org/ 

Attorney April Halle, dog owner and animal lover, is offering free legal consultations to people who are encountering legal difficulties with their Condo Boards over the pet issue.  She knows what people are going through in such battles, is all too familiar with such circumstances, and is, therefore motivated to make the offer.  The Halle Law Firm is at 3101 North Federal Highway, Suite 401, Ft. Lauderdale, Fl.  33306.  Her phone number is (954) 537-0466, and her e-mail address is ahalle@hallelawfirm.com