Meet a Oregon-licensed mental health professional by phone or video. If you're approved, your signed ESA letter arrives in 10-15 minutes.
Hillsboro is a center of the Silicon Forest technology industry, which drives demand for apartments near MAX stations. About 49.8% of occupied housing units are renter-occupied (ACS 2020-2024, Census QuickFacts).
For Hillsboro renters, the key document is a letter from a mental health professional licensed in Oregon. It supports a reasonable accommodation request so a no-pet policy, pet rent or a pet deposit can be waived.
With roughly 111,000 residents, Hillsboro in Washington County is Oregon’s fifth-largest city. Renters across Orenco Station, Downtown, Tanasbourne, AmberGlen and Aloha rely on the same fair housing protections, whatever the building or landlord.
Oregon has no comprehensive emotional support animal statute, but its landlord-tenant law (ORS 90.300(4)) bars landlords from charging a pet security deposit for a service animal or companion animal that a tenant with a disability needs as a reasonable accommodation under fair housing laws. Housing discrimination complaints can be filed with the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries (BOLI), Civil Rights Division or with HUD. For the details, read our Oregon ESA law guide.
Complete a free pre-screening and meet a mental health professional licensed in Oregon by phone or video. If approved, your signed letter arrives within 10-15 minutes. You aren’t charged unless you’re approved.
Your letter is for housing — apartments, condos, HOAs and student housing. It doesn’t grant public access to stores or restaurants, and airlines have treated emotional support animals as pets since 2021.
Explore the Oregon housing rights guide, check current pricing, review renewal timing, or see the psychiatric service dog option. You can also return to the Oregon overview.
Flat pricing · you only pay if approved.
Yes. What matters is a real evaluation by a professional licensed in Oregon, not whether the appointment happened in person or by video.
Only on narrow grounds. A valid letter supports a reasonable accommodation request that sets aside no-pet rules; denials are limited to cases like a specific animal posing a direct threat, and some small owner-occupied buildings are exempt.
Most people are seen the same day, and if you’re approved the signed letter arrives within 10-15 minutes.
It does. The professional must hold an active Oregon license, which is who you’re matched with when you select Hillsboro.
Yes. The Fair Housing Act reaches HOAs, condo boards and co-ops, so community pet rules are subject to the same reasonable accommodation process.
An ESA letter is $129 for up to two pets, or $199 for three or more. PSD letters are $149, or $229 for up to three pets — and you’re only charged if approved.
Free pre-screening · Licensed in Oregon · You only pay if approved
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