[nagdu] renting homes or apartments:

[Marion Gwizdala]

Lyn,
    To be completely accurate, the ADA does not apply to housing; this is 
covered by the Fair Housing Act (FHA). There are also other restrictions to 
what housing is covered, such as whether or not the owner occupies the 
dwelling and how many units are available for rent. I will see if I can find 
this information and post it to the list. If anyone else finds it before me, 
please post it here. We also need to have it up on our website.

Fraternally yours,
Marion



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lyn Gwizdak" <linda.gwizdak at cox.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 4:22 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] renting homes or apartments:


>I have always brought my guide dog with me when I apartment hunted. The ADA 
>covers larger apartment buildings that are usually managed by a company. I 
>never rented from an individual with a couple of apartments or a single 
>family house.  These are usually NOT covered by ADA.
>
> Personally, if I was not treated respectfully by an owner because of my 
> blindness or my dog, I wouldn't rent from them at all.  there are plenty 
> of other places to rent from.
>
> I lived in Boston and never had a problem with a guide dog in an 
> apartment. Me and my dog have always been welcome in every single place 
> I've rented from in my life!  Hope this track record keeps up! I've rented 
> places sinse 1972.
>
> Guess I'm lucky!  Good luck. I find that upfront and honesty are the best 
> way to be.  People don't like deception and it tends to start you off on a 
> sour note to a landlord - or to anybody.  People who know me know that I'm 
> an upfront, honest person.  I'm a responsible dog owner and my dogs are 
> clean and well behaved in public - and at home. (grin!)
>
> Lyn and Landon
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "William ODonnell" <william.odonnell1 at yahoo.com>
> To: <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 12:39 PM
> Subject: [nagdu] renting homes or apartments:
>
>
>>
>> I want to propose this question to the list.  What would be the best way 
>> for one to rent a place to live?  Is it a bad idea to first show up and 
>> sign a lease with no dog then move in with the dog?  I ask this since a 
>> group of people I personally know are moving into some buildings where 
>> under no circumstance are pets permitted.  In addition, since different 
>> rules apply when one rents from a management company verses a private 
>> landlord in a house, what is a good technique since they will already 
>> have a bias toward the visible blindness.  My personal interest in this 
>> issue is because I maybe moving in the next year out-of-state to MA where 
>> different housing rules apply in Boston unlike New York City.  Thank you.
>>
>>
>>
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