[nagdu] Request for Reasonable Accommodation

Wed Dec 7 21:15:25 UTC 2011

Julie,

Yes. You are right about the prior accommodation. Thus, I am frustrated 
and snarly that we even have to worry about this at all at this time.

Anyway, I think I've mentioned by now that DD met with the park manager 
yesterday, so they are no longer telling him he can't have this new dog. 
They do want something from the vet when we take her in for her 12 week 
checkup and boosters about her breed and potential size... Since he is 
agreeable with all of that, and it is after all, his dog, I can't see 
getting totally legalistic at this point... By my understanding, their 
request for info from the vet about the amount of heeler and about her 
future size is, well, bunk. As in not allowed and also as in, heeler??? 
Really??? /lol/ I'm not sure what magical formula the vet is supposed to 
use to determine what all is in our little mutt and how much... Short of 
a DNA test, but I'm not going to pay for such a thing! If DD is willing 
to go that far, it's his choice, but I will grumble about it. /grin/

Thanks for pointing out about the matter of the prior accommodation, 
since it does apply. We will see how things progress with these 
managers. DD does have a fairly good relationship with them based on his 
refusing to allow them to push him around while not getting all upset 
and agitating. We just do our thing let it go at that. As do most people 
when they get some stupid letter from management threatening a fine if 
they don't do something they're already doing or if they deal with 
something or other that is non of management's business or within 
management's right to even bring up... It's a pain, and infuriating, but 
then you can just shrug it off. Nothing ever seems to come of it. 
Nothing comes of their promising things they are supposed to provide or 
to do maintenance on their part of the property (the homes are all 
owned, like ours, but on rented lots), so that's another aggravation. 
For Oregon, this is really tame stuff, and all the advocacy groups and 
agencies and organizations are so overloaded there's just not much you 
can do if your landlord is out of line... So we put up with it and go on 
letting them know they can keep their nose out of our business while 
occasionally reminding them of what they were supposed to do a couple of 
years ago and all that. /smile/ Since we have the best home in the park 
(no, really!) and the largest lot and DD has a long history of paying on 
or ahead of time and improving the appearance of both the old lot and 
this one, where it is our responsibility to improve, they can't do more 
than send annoying letters about stuff that they just make up. Very 
crazy way to run things, but that's the landlord culture here in Oregon.

We should be free of that landlord problem soon, depending on 
financing... So won't that be nice? /grin/ Never have I lived anywhere 
that a renter has to put up with constant harassment and drama and 
illegal surprise visits and whatever the heck from the landlord or 
manager; in Oregon, that's just what people expect. Culturally, the 
belief seem to be that since the landlord is letting you live there... 
For those of us who notice those monthly checks we pay to them for such 
a grand privilege, we understand that we are paying them for use of 
their land, apartment, whatever so that they have income from it. When 
people who have lived in these parts all their lives talk about it and I 
mention that point, they gasp with shock because that never occurred to 
them... I don't understand, but what do I know? /lol/

Anyway, there should be no further doggy drama here except for the puppy 
and Mitzi providing us with a nice black and white home entertainment 
system. I don't have to be so concerned about how to get Mitzi the 
exercise she really needs in our currently constrained location, since 
she is now as hard as a brick from playing with that puppy! /lol/So now 
I'm the only one going nuts and having to do boring floor exercise and 
weights and stuff to stay fit until my poodle and I can go out and play 
wherever and whenever we want without getting flattened by crazy 
drivers... Oregon also doesn't appear to believe in putting in 
stoplights to save lives. Or sidewalks... Why live in the 'burbs if you 
don't have basic city infrastructure and safety? Like I say, it's 
crazed. /grin/

Tami

On 12/06/2011 06:02 AM, Julie J. wrote:
> Tami,
>
> I think you're on the right track. The only thing I'd add is to be sure
> to get their response in writing for your records.
>
> But I do have a question...do you need to re-request an accommodation
> either under the FHA or ADA? For example in this situation your room
> mate has already had a companion dog and has presumably already gone
> through the process of reasonable accommodation through the housing
> manager. The accommodation hasn't changed. In my mind it'd be like
> getting a new wheelchair or cane, it performs the same function as the
> last one and all the relevant requests for accommodations would be the
> same, so is there a need to go through all that again?
>
> Julie
>
>
>
>
>
> On 12/5/2011 2:23 PM, Tami Kinney wrote:
>> Hi, gang!
>>
>> I thought I would ask this publicly to get more opinions and because
>> it's something we all have or will run up against sooner or later.
>> Unless we're lucky...
>>
>> So i need to write a letter for reasonable accommodation under the FHA
>> for housing. In this case, it is for DD's companion dog, but the same
>> rules apply there as for a guide dog.
>>
>> So my question is this:
>>
>> Is there a specific formula to use in a letter requesting reasonable
>> accommodation?
>>
>> My thought is that we will simply copy the doctor's letter from
>> acouple of years ago to a letter requesting reasonable accommodation
>> in using the wording of the FHA for that which I should know by heart
>> but always blank a bit on. /smile/
>>
>> So I need to look that up and ask specifically for the relaxation of
>> the pets policy for the new companion dog.
>>
>> Is there anything there I haven't thought of or some better way to do it?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Tami
>>
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