[nabs-l] apartment resources

[Misty Dawn Bradley]

Hi Ty,
I agree with Ashley. When I was attending college and stayed in a dorm, I 
was supposed to get a roommate, but I wrote the school's housing department 
a letter explaining that I need a room to myself because my equipment took 
up more room than what a sighted person does. I didn't even have a dog, but 
I still got a room to my self on those grounds, so I definitely think that 
you would have good grounds for requesting a room to yourself because you 
have a dog as well. When I wrote the department, I was able to get 
everything straightened out even before the semester started, so I was able 
to move in to my own room right when I moved in for the semester. The only 
thing I shared was the bathroom with the girl in the room next door, but 
that wasn't a big issue for me as long as I had the room to myself, because 
I had my embosser, scanner, printer, and other equipment that would have 
taken up too much space if I had a roommate. Perhaps you can talk to the 
housing department or even the disability services office about getting 
these types of accomodations. This may work out better, as most apartments 
require you to have a cosigner if you don't make at least three times the 
rent, so you may have a hard time qualifying for an apartment without a 
full-time job and good credit and rental history. This has been my number 
one problem with apartments, as I don't meet the standard qualifications of 
at least three times the rent, so it can be particularly hard for college 
students who do not make that much, so if you are able to get a dorm room to 
yourself, it may be easier to get than an apartment would be.
Hope this helps,
Misty


-----Original Message----- 
From: Ashley and Landon Coleman via nabs-l
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2014 4:33 PM
To: tyler at tysdomain.com ; National Association of Blind Students mailing 
list
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] apartment resources

Hi,
If you are going to a University. Shouldn't your Disability Support
Services department be able to get you a room to yourself? I know that
where I am going here has a system for that especially if you have a
dog. Those rooms are small enough with one person and a dogg. Trust me,
I know.
Ashley




On 6/22/2014 5:29 PM, Littlefield, Tyler via nabs-l wrote:
> Hello all:
> I'm looking to get into an apartment for next semester. I found a studio 
> for $1900 (which is about as cheap as they get without being in a pretty 
> bad area). It turns out it ends up to be around $3200 extra than I'd pay 
> for staying in a dorm, which is nice but it affords me a lot more room. 
> Here are the thoughts; perhaps someone has some thoughts.
> I'm trying to avoid the dorm for a few reasons:
> 1) Last two roomates were pretty rough. Spring semester my roommate (who 
> was the RA and supposedly more responsible) would frequently drop food on 
> the ground and let O'Mally grab it. He should have the freedom to move 
> around the room, so it was pretty hard and he ended up sick a lot. This 
> last roommate was polled ahead of time--he was supposed to be comfortable 
> with dogs. Turned out he wasn't and he developed "hives" around the middle 
> of the semester but didn't want to move. He would physically push O'Mally 
> away from him when he got to close.
>
> Our beds are lofted above the desks and you can reach out and almost touch 
> the bed across from you. This ment that O'Mally didn't have to much room 
> to move around, it's a tight space for two people to begin with.
>
> This next semester, I'm going to be in the same setup room, but it will be 
> with one extra room. This means that I'm splitting the kitchen in five and 
> not in three. The hardest part about that is I would order my entire 
> months worth of groceries from peapod (so it'd take like $110) and I'd get 
> $5 delivery, which was cheaper than getting a cab up to the store and back 
> again. The next solution would be for me to get a cart and trek a mile to 
> and from the store, which is doable. I'm mainly worried about 
> winters--winters in Boston can be pretty rough and getting to the store 
> will be hard. How have people tackled this, especially in snowy weather?
>
> My second solution which I would greatly prefer to a tiny rectangular cell 
> is an apartment. I do not have a cosigner that has the credit for a loan, 
> but I'm trying to pull at least $4500 or so extra from what I usually get. 
> Are there good resources for something like this?
>
> Thanks a lot for your suggestions,
>

-- 
Thank you
Ashley Coleman

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