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Chan790

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3. If you're looking in poorer areas...

Reply to progressivebydesign (Original post)

Tue Sep 18, 2012, 10:37 AM

Sep 2012

the "no pets" thing is often used as an off-board means of discriminating over who they rent to by small-property landlords.

They can't say "I don't want to rent to that Latino couple because he dresses like a gangster and they have a bull-terrier that they probably use for fighting." (Note that this quote is actually discriminatory and I don't mean to imply it's not.) so you say "Sorry, no pets." The same places tend to attract the mentally-infirm lady with her 40 cats...sorry, no pets. Black family with two small dogs...sorry, no pets. But the upwardly-mobile professional white couple with a German Shepard..."we'll make an exception. I just need a pet deposit of $___."

You might have better luck if you look more rural for rentals. There's almost an expectation that if you live in podunk, you're going to have pets...also landlords care less because house rental typically means a small piece of land and land means the dogs is less likely to be trapped in the confines of the house all the time.

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For the first time in 15 years, I am going to be a renter.. with a dog. this is heartbreaking. [View all] progressivebydesign Sep 2012 OP

it is getting increasingly harder to find places that accept pets fizzgig Sep 2012 #1

Try Craigslist -- I've had good luck finding rooms through there and dogs/cats can be... MiddleFingerMom Sep 2012 #2

If you're looking in poorer areas... Chan790 Sep 2012 #3

It's easy to think the landlords are the ones to blame but really it's a few bad tennants LynneSin Sep 2012 #4

Interesting. Of all the people I know who own homes, their pets have never destroyed the house. progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #5

True, but these are people that own the house and it's their dime to fix it up LynneSin Sep 2012 #6

+1. Agreed. As a former landlord, that's exactly the case riderinthestorm Sep 2012 #9

ah, but the renters would have snuck those in, regardless. progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #13

What really killed me was that I advertised as "pet friendly", they only mentioned the dog riderinthestorm Sep 2012 #18

Sending you good vibes. You WILL find a place, if you look hard enough. Obamamite Sep 2012 #7

Come rent in Minneapolis geardaddy Sep 2012 #8

I tell ya, if I could handle the cold and the heat there, I'd consider it. progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #14

No, I hear ya. geardaddy Sep 2012 #17

What,exactly,is a sophicticated city? I know it's tough to virgogal Sep 2012 #20

If you've ever cleaned up after a bad pet owner you'd understand it. davsand Sep 2012 #10

This message was self-deleted by its author progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #15

As a former Hula Popper Sep 2012 #11

My ex got custody of the Golden when he dumped me. pink-o Sep 2012 #12

I've seen some ads that say "small dogs OK" Mopar151 Sep 2012 #16

As the owner of a property management company... NCTraveler Sep 2012 #19

The trend in NYC is to accept pets. I recently went apartment hunting and everyone seemed stevenleser Sep 2012 #21

I will second the suggestion to look on Craigslist. We couldn't sell a house...had to rent it... mnhtnbb Sep 2012 #22