Texas ESA & PSD Letters — From a Texas-Based Team
This is our home state. American Service Animals is headquartered right here in Texas, and our TX-licensed therapists know Lone Star housing law inside and out. Start your free ESA or PSD evaluation today — you won’t pay a dime unless you qualify.
Texas Is Our Home — And We Know ESA Law Here Better Than Anyone
Everything’s bigger in Texas — including the demand for legitimate ESA and PSD letters. With massive metro areas like Houston, Dallas–Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Austin all experiencing sky-high rental competition, navigating pet policies as someone dealing with anxiety, depression, PTSD, or another mental health condition can feel overwhelming. That’s exactly why we built American Service Animals right here in the Lone Star State. Our licensed Texas therapists evaluate your mental health needs and provide legally sound documentation that landlords across all 254 Texas counties are required to honor.
Beyond housing, we issue Psychiatric Service Dog (PSD) letters for Texans whose dogs are task-trained to mitigate psychiatric disabilities. PSDs have full ADA public access — meaning your dog can ride METRO buses and light rail in Houston, board DART trains across Dallas, take CapMetro in Austin, hop on VIA transit in San Antonio, walk through The Galleria, explore the San Antonio River Walk, and enter any public space in Texas.
Our evaluation is 100% free to start. You only pay if one of our Texas-licensed mental health professionals confirms you meet the clinical criteria. That’s a promise from a team that calls Texas home.
City Spotlight: Austin
Austin’s rental market is one of the most competitive in the nation, with neighborhoods like South Congress, East Austin, Hyde Park, and Zilker seeing rapid growth. If you’re a renter dealing with a mental health condition, a valid ESA letter overrides any no-pets lease clause — and your landlord cannot charge you extra fees. Austin is famously dog-friendly, and with CapMetro buses plus the MetroRail Red Line, PSDs have full transit access too.
Texas ESA & Housing Law — What You Need to Know
- Texas Property Code §92.0563: Texas has codified assistance animal protections directly into state law. This statute addresses landlord obligations regarding assistance animals and reinforces that property owners cannot refuse a reasonable accommodation request for an ESA when supported by legitimate documentation.
- TX Workforce Commission — Civil Rights Division: This state agency investigates housing discrimination complaints in Texas. If a Houston, Dallas, Austin, or San Antonio landlord refuses your valid ESA letter, you can file a complaint here or directly with HUD.
- No Pet Fees, Period: Texas landlords must waive all pet-related charges — deposits, monthly pet rent, and one-time fees — for tenants with a valid ESA letter from a licensed mental health professional. This applies statewide.
- Breed Bans Overridden: Even in Texas cities or apartment complexes with breed-specific restrictions, emotional support animals are exempt. Your ESA is protected regardless of breed, weight, or size.
- Fraudulent Representation Is Illegal: Texas Penal Code §42.091 makes it a misdemeanor to fraudulently represent an animal as a service animal. That’s why we work only with licensed mental health professionals who conduct genuine clinical assessments — ensuring your letter is 100% legitimate.
How Texans Get Their ESA or PSD Letter
Free Online Screening
Whether you’re in Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio, El Paso, or McAllen — start with our free questionnaire. Takes just a few minutes and costs you nothing.
TX Therapist Assessment
A licensed Texas mental health professional personally evaluates your screening. This is a real clinical review by a real person — not an algorithm.
Letter Delivered Fast
Approved? Your ESA or PSD letter hits your inbox within 24–48 hours — formatted, professional, and ready for any Texas landlord or property management company.
What Texas ESA & PSD Owners Are Protected By
Renting in Montrose, Uptown Dallas, or near UTSA? It doesn’t matter — your Texas landlord cannot collect pet deposits, pet rent, or any pet surcharges from an ESA owner with valid documentation.
Texas apartment complexes love breed restriction lists. But under fair housing law, those lists don’t apply to emotional support animals. Pit bulls, Rottweilers, German shepherds — all protected with a valid letter.
A Texas landlord can verify your ESA letter but cannot ask about your diagnosis, treatment plan, medications, or therapy details. Your privacy is legally protected.
Under federal FHA and Texas Property Code §92.0563, landlords and property management companies across all 254 Texas counties must provide reasonable accommodations for ESA owners — even in strictly no-pets complexes.
Psychiatric Service Dogs ride METRO in Houston, DART in Dallas, CapMetro in Austin, and VIA in San Antonio. They can enter the Galleria, walk the River Walk, and go anywhere the public goes — all under ADA protection.
Texas Metros & Cities We Proudly Serve
From the Gulf Coast to the Panhandle, our licensed TX therapists serve residents across every corner of the Lone Star State:
