Prospective tenants

Application Fee

• Is $30 per application and is due at the time of application and non-refundable

General Requirements and Information needed to Apply

• Must be 18 years or older to apply  
• All persons over the age of 18 must apply on a separate application regardless of relationship status
• Valid form of identification is required
• Proof of income
• 3 years of residential history as well as contact information for your rental references
• Social Security Number

Credit Requirements

• Minimum of a 680-credit score
• No bankruptcies
• No outstanding collections or balances due for utilities, monies owed to landlords or rental agencies

Criminal History

• We reserve the right not to rent to persons who have been convicted of a crime or area a registered sex offender

Affordable Housing

• We do not accept Section 8 or any other affordable housing options

Pets

• No pets are allowed
• Service or Assistance animals we will need a signed note from a medical professional or other qualified 3^rd party on letterhead, requesting a reasonable accommodation. Online Certificates Will Not be accepted.

Service/Support Animals

Any Tenant or potential Tenant with a disability or a disability-related need for an emotional support animal may request to keep an emotional support animal as a reasonable accommodation in Landlord’s Premises. To make such a request, each Tenant or Potential Tenant must:

1.     Provide a signed letter from a health care practitioner with the following information:

·        Representation that practitioner has diagnosed Tenant with a medically recognized disability (Landlord is expressly not requesting disclosure of the disability or its severity, although it may be voluntarily disclosed)

·        Explanation of the practitioner’s scope of their practice relating to the diagnosis

·        Effective date of diagnosis

·        Practitioner’s license number and type of professional license

·        Representation that practitioner established a relationship at least 30-days prior to request for this letter

2.     Representation that practitioner completed a clinical evaluation regarding the need for a support animal Provide one letter for each animal for each animal with an explanation of how each animal assists you differently 

3.     Verified proof of compliance with state and local licensure and vaccination requirements for each emotional support animal.

4.     Proof of legitimate emotional support certification of the particular animal

5.     An executed Registered Support/Service Animal Agreement



Mont. Code Ann. § 70-24-114.       Emotional support animals -- documentation.

(1) A tenant with a disability or a disability-related need for an emotional support animal may request and be approved by a landlord to keep an emotional support animal as a reasonable accommodation in housing.

(2) Unless otherwise prohibited by federal law, rule, or regulation, a landlord may:

(a) deny a reasonable accommodation request for an emotional support animal if the animal poses a direct threat to the safety or health of others or poses a direct threat of physical damage to the property that cannot be reduced or eliminated by another reasonable accommodation;

(b) if a tenant's disability-related need for an emotional support animal is not readily apparent, request supporting information that reasonably supports the tenant's need for the particular emotional support animal being requested. Supporting information may include:

(i) information from a health care practitioner who has personal knowledge of the tenant's disability and is acting within the scope of the practitioner's practice that identifies the particular assistance or therapeutic emotional support provided by the specific animal. Information submitted under this subsection (2)(b)(i) must include the effective date, license number, and type of professional license held by the health care practitioner; and

(ii) information from any other source that the landlord determines to be reliable in accordance with the federal Fair Housing Act and Title 49, chapter 2; and

(c) require proof of compliance with state and local licensure and vaccination requirements for each emotional support animal.

(3) If a tenant requests to keep more than one emotional support animal, information for each emotional support animal must be provided pursuant to subsection (2).

(4) A landlord:

(a) may not request information under this section that discloses a diagnosis or severity of a tenant's disability or any medical records relating to the disability, but a tenant may voluntarily disclose such information or medical records to the landlord at the tenant's discretion; and

(b) shall issue a written determination after receiving supplemental information required in subsection (2) and notice the determination pursuant to 70-24-108.

(5) An emotional support animal registration of any kind, including but not limited to an identification card, patch, certificate, or similar registration obtained electronically or in person, is not, by itself, sufficient information to reliably establish that a tenant has a disability-related need for an emotional support animal.

(6) A tenant with a disability-related need for an emotional support animal is liable for any damage done to the premises or to another person on the premises by the tenant's emotional support animal.

(7) A health care practitioner may be subject to disciplinary action from the health care practitioner's licensing board for a violation of this section.

(8) This section does not apply to a service animal as defined in 49-4-203.

(9) Nothing in this section may be construed to restrict existing federal law and state law related to a person's right to a reasonable accommodation and equal access to housing, including but not limited to the federal Fair Housing Act, the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, or Title 49, chapter 2.

(10) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:

(a) "Emotional support animal" means an animal that provides emotional, cognitive, or other similar support to an individual with a disability and does not need to be trained or certified. The term does not include service animals as defined in 49-4-203.

(b) "Health care practitioner" means a mental health professional as defined in 53-21-102 who:

(i) has established a client-provider relationship with a tenant at least 30 days prior to providing supporting information requested from a landlord regarding the tenant's need for an emotional support animal;

(ii) completes a clinical evaluation of a tenant regarding the need for an emotional support animal; and is acting within the scope of practice of the person's license or certificate