The Best of Reason: How the Fair Housing Act Gave Us Emotional Support Parrots
The right to a reasonable accommodation has produced some absurd results.

This week's featured article is "How the Fair Housing Act Gave Us Emotional Support Parrots" by Christian Britschgi. This article originally appeared in print under the headline "You Can't Evict Polly."
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'The right to a reasonable accommodation has produced some absurd results.'
Like people thinking of housing as a right, and expecting government to provide it?
Better headline: how TDS give Jeff an emotional support drunk.
Will a 25 % tariff be applied to Presidential Support Parrots imported from Mexico and Australia, like the earsplitting Hegseth Military Macaw and blindingly white Carlson's Crested Cockatoo?
USAID ain't buying this crap anymore, Reason. You don't need to keep reposting articles with AI voiceover.