Re: Unauthorized roommate, lease signing, SSI

Re: Unauthorized roommate, lease signing, SSI by Sara on July 3, 2012 @23:51

The adjustment of the rent due date is nessasary to coincide with the tenants SSI check. An easy accommodation for the landlord to do. Adding another disabled person to the lease would not be a hardship for the landlord either, if the rental is large enough to have three people. The landlord would be the one to prove the accommodation was a hardship. He has aready rented to two disabled tenants and has acknowledge that the additional tenant is also disabled. The tenant does not have to prove that the additional tenant is not a hardship for the landlord, but the landlord has to prove it is. The landlord has no defense to not adding the disabled sister, but should either workout an agreement to add sister with an increase in rent to offset utilities or give the tenants a 30 day notice that the lease will not be renewed. Refuseing to rent to additional disabled sister because she is disabled will attract alot of attention from unexpected places.

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Re: Unauthorized roommate, lease signing, SSI by Anonymous on July 4, 2012 @00:53	[ Reply ]

An increase in utilities is a hardship.

Re: Unauthorized roommate, lease signing, SSI by Bryan (Ia) on July 4, 2012 @01:25	[ Reply ]

Read the law. The T has the responsibility to show that a requested accommodation is necessary to improve the quality of life of the disabled tenant. You are making the assumption that the rent due date issue is due the arrival of the check, nothing was stated in the OP about this. I never said that the T has to prove that any accommodation is not a hardship on the LL, only that the requested accommodation would improve the quality of life of the disabled T. I doubt that an additional, disabled, T would improve the quality of life.