[nabs-l] new york advice on apartments

[Misty Dawn Bradley]

Hi,
Another option is if you know anyone in New York who would be willing to 
cosign for you guys to get an apartment. This can be hard to find sometimes, 
but if the person knows you well enough and knows that you are responsible 
and pay rent and bills on time and regularly, they may be willing to cosign 
for you. That is what I ended up doing, because I had a long wait on the HUD 
and Section 8 lists and needed an apartment. I also had a sighted person 
check the new apartment out with me to make sure there was nothing wrong 
with it. As for me, I haven't had much rejection because of being blind, but 
most apartments simply don't accept anyone that makes less than three times 
the rent or more unless they have a cosigner to back them up. I've lived in 
apartments in Texas and North Carolina, so it may be different than living 
in New York, but this is just my experience with apartment living. I've also 
lived with sighted roommates before.
HTH,

Misty
----- Original Message ----- 
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Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] new york advice on apartments


> Good morning.  First, are you on any of the federal housing programs like 
> section 8?  On your limited income, that is the only way you both will be 
> able to obtain an apartment on your own.  The other option would be to 
> look for roommates to share a place.  Good luck with that, when they see 
> you are blind they are going to run! run! run! or never show an effort to 
> share the place with you.  Forget the fact that there are two of you.
> I apologize in advance for sounding cynical; however, I want to be 
> truthful and not sugar cote the truth.  Landlords in NYC as well as the 
> rest of the USA will not want a blind person, let alone 2 b/c of liability 
> issues, etc.
> Have a strong presentation, be ready for much rejection.  Also be ready to 
> be offered many many scams.  Have someone sighted go with you to make 
> shore that what you are being offered is really the offer.
> I remember someone being open to me and showing no issue to my blindness. 
> When we saw the apartment, everything seemed great.  However, the sighted 
> person told me later to not take it since wholes were up high in the 
> walls, mouse droppings were in the rugs, tiles in the bathroom and hallway 
> were missing with exposed pipes and wires.  I called the real-estate 
> office later thanking them for insulting me as a person and there response 
> was one of shock.  The representative said in many words that he/she 
> wanted me to be grateful for the apartment and that they were "willing to 
> rent to a blind person"  Good luck, I hope all goes well for you, and let 
> me know what you come up with.  You may want to wait on waiting lists for 
> apartments through HUD or other programs and postpone your move to NYC for 
> a good number of years.
>
>
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>
> On Apr 16, 2012, at 1:34 PM, "keri" <wvucountrygirl729 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> greetings,
>>
>> My bf and I are about to move into an apartment in the New York City 
>> area.... We both live on SSI for the time being... We are in need of 
>> apartment recommendations that we can aford... We are both college 
>> students. We prefer Statin Island but are open to suggestions in the city 
>> area.
>> thanks,
>> keri
>>
>> "Sometimes your nearness takes my breath away; and all the things I want 
>> to say can find no voice. Then, in silence, I can only hope my eyes will 
>> speak my heart."
>> --Robert Sexton
>>
>> "For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it. For every truth 
>> there is an ear somewhere to hear it. For every love there is a heart 
>> somewhere to receive it."
>> --Ivan Panin
>>
>> Find that guy that will pick up every piece of your shattered heart & put 
>> it back together; Replacing it with a piece of his.
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