Reply #19: That's true in a lot of places. It's insane that landlords would keep that rule

[Lorien]

especially during a down economy. I have rentals all around me and all-with one exception-allow pets. The one that's the exception frequently has "for rent" signs in front of it. ALL of my neighbors have pets except for those in the frequently unrented apartments.A cat rescue place that I've been talking with says that they are getting animals back that they adopted out years ago because of foreclosure and the unavailability of pet accepting rentals. One family came in with a beautiful Maine Coon mix. They cried as they passed her back to the rescue, but they could find no other way. It's insane; pets do no more damage (and usually none at all) to property than do children or a drunken spouse, but you rarely see "no kids allowed" on rentals outside of senior communities.