Re: Service dog laws - Landlord Forum thread 333213

Re: Service dog laws by Garry (Iowa) on April 4, 2015 @19:04

I hope you were a better nurse practitioner than you are a landlord. You may know about epilepsy, but you ( and Catherine below you) certainly don't know the Federal laws regarding service animals. I agree with Mr.Dan , and the other anon about this. Both of you need to read up on the laws regarding service animals, before you get in big trouble by denying some one a place to live, over what may or may not be a service animal. It is by far, cheaper to allow a service or companion animal in your units, than to have a civil rights complaint filed against you. By the way, did you also know that the owners of those service animals can also be evicted if their animals cause damages to your unit, or become a nuisance to the neighborhood ? They cannot constantly bark outside or be aggressive to anyone. And they cannot "go" on your carpets and cause damage to your place. In fact, those people that have service animals, tend to stay a lot longer in a unit than other people. So if they check out well in all other aspects on their app, you could be renting to a long-term tenant.

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Re: Service dog laws by allyson on April 5, 2015 @12:23	[ Reply ]

Yes I know all of that about the dogs etc.. and obviously I know I cannot discriminate. So unless you have something CONSTRUCTIVE to say without ATTACKING a person you really shouldn't respond to a persons inquiry. Obviously YOU NEED TO LEARN HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH AND THE PROPER WAY TO EDUCATE PEOPLE. And yes I have read up on the laws because I am not stupid as you seem to imply. The reason I joined the LPA was to learn from experienced LLs. I am beginning to think joining the LPA was a mistake with exception of the forms since most people seem to want to attack and put people down without knowing anything about them. I thought there was an expected code of conduct associated with this forum but seems not. Believe me I have really tough skin by dealing with patients and the public for years and years but I am about sick of people like you and your unconstructive remarks. I hope you communicate more appropriately with your tenants because you can end up in court over something simple (that may have been let go otherwise) just by pissing someone off with a bad interaction.

Re: Service dog laws by Anonymous on April 5, 2015 @13:13	[ Reply ]

"I hope you were a better nurse practitioner than you are a landlord." And I hope you are a better landlord than you are a mentor.

Re: Service dog laws by jannie (IL) on April 5, 2015 @14:44	[ Reply ]

I got the impression from the Original posting that the prospective tenant just "dropped by" and the poster was asking what if questions. Until the person fills out an application and you do a background/credit check LL doesn't know if they are qualified.

Re: Service dog laws by Anonymous on April 5, 2015 @16:48	[ Reply ]

My reply was to G, not the OP.