[Nfbc-info] ADA question

Lauren Merryfield lauren1 at catliness.com
Sun Mar 10 20:17:57 UTC 2013


Hi,
They haven't offered me a lease with a more expensive rate.  They just say I 
have 60 days to move.
Thanks
Lauren

advice from my cats: "meow when you feel like it."
The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be
understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.
-- Ralph Nichols
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tim Elder" <tim at timeldermusic.com>
To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 9:20 AM
Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] ADA question


> Would the complex rent to you if you paid the presumably increased rent 
> they
> will be asking for the vacant apartment?
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbc-info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lauren
> Merryfield
> Sent: Sunday, March 10, 2013 1:52 AM
> To: NFB of California List
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] ADA question
>
> Hi,
> I have asked our manager several times and she just repeats that they are
> not obligated to give me that information.  I do not remember if there is
> language to that effect in my lease or not.  They are being friendly and
> cooperative with me, but I just am not being allowed to stay here.  I 
> really
> wish they could tell me because then I would know if I need to do 
> something
> differently or if it is something that is not at all my fault.
> Thanks
> Lauren
>
> advice from my cats: "meow when you feel like it."
> The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be
> understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.
> -- Ralph Nichols
> Visit us at catliness.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <ckrugman at sbcglobal.net>
> To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 10:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] ADA question
>
>
>> you can ask ehtm and see what they say. How have they interacted with you
>> during your tenancy there? do they have a pattern of raising rents. Are
>> they wanting to renovate the property or sell it. A landlord has the 
>> right
>
>> not to renew a lease when it expires so if you have something to go on 
>> you
>
>> could file a complaint against them if you think there are factors that
>> might be discriminatory in some way.
>> Chuck
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Lauren Merryfield" <lauren1 at catliness.com>
>> To: "NFB of California List" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 8:38 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] ADA question
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Thank you so very much!  Once I get moved and have rested some, I am
>>> going to file complaints!
>>>
>>> Can I do anything about my current apt complex refusing to tell me why
>>> they are terminating my lease?  I smell a rat there, too.
>>> Thanks
>>> Lauren
>>>
>>> advice from my cats: "meow when you feel like it."
>>> The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be
>>> understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.
>>> -- Ralph Nichols
>>> Visit us at catliness.com
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Tim Elder" <tim at timeldermusic.com>
>>> To: "'NFB of California List'" <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
>>> Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2013 7:26 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] ADA question
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi Lauren,
>>>>
>>>> You are correct that the partments should help you to fil out the
>>>> application.  This requirement comes from the Fair Housing Act (FHA),
>>>> not
>>>> necessarily the ADA.  Also, as Chuck mentioned, California also 
>>>> requires
>>>> such reasonable accommodations under the Fair Employment and Housing 
>>>> Act
>>>> (FEHA).  You should contact the DFEH to file a complaint:
>>>> http://www.dfeh.ca.gov/Complaints_ComplaintProcess.htm
>>>> Or HUD for violations of the FHA:
>>>>
> http://portal.hud.gov/hudportal/HUD?src=/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_
>>>> opp/FHLaws/yourrights
>>>>
>>>> Don't let them get away with it.  File the complaints.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Nfbc-info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
>>>> Lauren
>>>> Merryfield
>>>> Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 10:16 PM
>>>> To: NFB of California List
>>>> Subject: [Nfbc-info] ADA question
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I am looking for a new apt and I saw 3 today.  Two of the companies 
>>>> said
>>>> they couldn't fill out the application for me.  It seems like this 
>>>> would
>
>>>> be
>>>> a reasonable accommodation under the ADA/housing???If so, can someone
>>>> tell
>>>> me chapter and verse?
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Lauren
>>>>
>>>> advice from my cats: "meow when you feel like it."
>>>> The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be
>>>> understood. The best way to understand people is to listen to them.
>>>> -- Ralph Nichols
>>>> Visit us at catliness.com
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