If this became more widespread, all it would achieve would be the addition of child fees, not the removal of pet fees.
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I bet you could take it to court and get all those fees removed, since the precedent has already been set.
Apartments charging pet fees: 🫸
Apartments charging child fees: 🫸
Landlords being charged with crimes: 👍
Landleeches being charged at with the nearest blunt object: :3
They would absolutely charge a "children fee" if they were legally able to.
You all understand that the children fee is literally paying for enough space to house children? Do your cats have their own room? ;)
My cat has their own apartment. They just let us live there.
Excuse me, but the bigger scam is the entire Landlord concept
Social housing, which is “owned” by the community as a whole, is the answer. Not only for people who are not yet ready to own, but also for housing in general.
Vienna is a prime model for this, where social housing is frequently much cheaper than ever owning a home. Most families that start out in social housing cling to it their entire life because it is just so much more financially responsible.
This sounds like someone that has never seen what cats can do to a property when the owner doesn't take care of them.
Piss drenched carpet and moldy walls are a pain in the ass to fix.
You ever seen what half-arse parented kids will do? All of the above + holes and pest infestations
If you don't like what the kids can do, wait until you see what the grown-ups can accomplish.
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I worked retail for many years and I consider children pests as well
That's how onr apartment of mine got flooded. Kid 2 floors up was playing with the plumbing
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Fees for children would be illegal discrimination under fair housing laws.
They would charge extra if it was not illegal
They would make them dig coal if it was not illegal
This goes for everything...
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I vaguely recall reading that such child fees would likely be illegal (in the US)? I think it might also be illegal to exclude families with children from being eligible to rent a given location. Don't quote me on either, though, because I don't have sources on hand.
In Brazil is illegal for landlords or apartment buildings to charge or prohibit pets on their units. They are some laws around, like it should be as big as you can charge it on your arms, can't use the common areas unless designated pet areas and can't be loud at night.
It's provincial here in Canada but I vaguely remember some building having a no child rule and then losing a court case when the strata tried to evict folks who ended up having kids.
I would love to live in that utopia. No children allowed in an entire suburb would be heaven.
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It's not legal to charge pet fees if it's for a service animal so it's probably related to that in some.
For services animals they cannot even enforce size or breed restrictions. I have in laws that used this to get a pit bull for their child with Down Syndrome. It wasn't a fee dodge, the apartment had a blanket no pet policy.
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I once toured an apartment that charged pet fees and for dogs REQUIRED A DNA TEST so they could fine you for not picking up poop.
Someone out there is dna testing literal dog shit.
No one is actually doing that, they're changing a fee to do nothing until someone complains enough that they'll send out a strongly worded letter hoping the person not picking up their dog poop will admit to it out of fear.
I lived in a complex that required such samples from dogs. They still never did anything about all the shit lying around
Same here. lol
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I have done a lot of residential work over the years a lot of sales work a lot of things where I've been in a lot of people's houses. Nothing smells worse than a person with cats who even goes a week or two without taking care of their litter box. And that smells sticks in everything. I have pets and I agree that a pet deposit is something needed because damn they do a lot of damage.
But isn't that literally what the deposit is for? You don't just assume someone will have excess damage when renting.
And sure, have a higher deposit for pet owners. But why am I paying a monthly cat fee on top of a one time "non-refundable pet deposit".
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Last time I was charged a pet fee, I asked them "So if my wife gets pregnant, do we need to plan to pay extra on the rent?"
The leasing agent looked at me like I was crazy and said "Of course not, that would be ridiculous!"
And then she realized... Like I could literally see it flash across her face. She dropped it.
Nice, in Poland landlords wants to be sure if you dont have kids, because they wont rent you apartment.
When my gf moved to me, my landlord increased my rent by 20%. Rent only, Im not talking about bills
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Just landlords gouging every cent.
Tough one. I've never wanted kids and my God are they so goddamn loud...
But, as more of my friends have kids I feel more and more for parents, it's damned tough to raise kids and finding housing, especially in my city is brutal.
Still, not like a fee helps anyone beyond the landlord.
Don't give them ideas
don't spread this pro landlord bs
Children are members of society. They're imperfect, but still. As other members of society, we have a duty to at least tolerate them.
I find it very sad that some people treat them like a different species. You wouldn't hear people say, without being countered, "I don't want to see old people" or "I don't want to have to interact with women". It's fucked up, you don't choose the other members of society.
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All it takes is one untrained dog with separation anxiety to chew through walls and tear trim off of door frames to trigger rules like this.
Or one elderly pet with severe incontinence peeing in the closest carpeted corner instead of the litter box.
With that said, children certainly have a much greater capacity for damage, especially when they get older. Infants? Not so much.
Yes and what does that fee have to do with it?
Security Deposits are already double rent, and the entire legal system including property insurance still exists.
The $100/month isn't going anywhere except to profit.
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