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Advocates push pet‑friendly rules for state‑aided elderly housing to reduce surrenders and housing loss
Summary
Animal‑welfare organizations and advocates backed H‑1476 to reinstate and modernize a state‑aided housing pet program: limiting breed/weight bans, capping pet deposits and establishing an advisory group to help implement practical pet policies in elderly housing.
Animal‑welfare groups, senior advocates and nonprofit partners urged the Joint Committee on Housing to report House Bill 14‑76 favorably. The bill would reinstate and modernize a 1980s era pet program for state‑aided elderly housing that was unintentionally repealed in 2023 and update provisions to reflect contemporary practice.
Stephanie Harris of the Animal Rescue Legal Defense Fund…
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