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RELATED: Information about landlords and pets in the USA and UK (2022) The bill provides a $750 nonrefundable tax credit per dwelling for landlords that agree not to charge additional rent or fees for tenants with companion animals. Ohio Legislature website. At the time of writing this the Ohio legislature website is down 😹🐶 but Google …
The UK’s private landlords have threatened to increase their rents or even quit the renting business if they are not allowed to ban tenants from owning cats and dogs (and other pets). This is a story about the UK’s Renters’ Reform Bill. It’s currently going through Parliament and will receive its second reading in …
NEWS AND COMMENT: As I understand it, it is expensive to purchase property in Austin, Texas because of the success of big businesses in that city followed by an influx of people and therefore greater demand for properties. So, the prices go up but the good news is that out of a hundred cities …
In some Australian jurisdictions families are being forced to give up dogs and cat when they go into rental accommodation because landlords ban pets. Australia is not alone. There is a dearth of rental accommodation allowing pets. Or if pets are allowed the conditions are too tight. This can lead to tenants with pets …
Apparently 7% of UK landlords rent out their properties as ‘pets allowed’. My research indicates that in the USA it is 55% of landlords who allow pets in their rental properties (sensible USA landlords I’d say). The information on this page is good as at 2022 to the best of my knowledge. Do most …
A ‘nice’ older couple adopted a nice looking former feral cat from a rescue centre. The rescue centre was very pleased and described them as a “really sweet older couple”. That’s the impression they gave and the shelter staff were very happy that Murdock had a new home. And then it went pear-shaped because …
A rise in the number of pets – usually cats and dogs – in apartments in America means that cat owners who say they have to relinquish their cat because the rental agreement forbids it will have to find another excuse. Pet friendly apartments are the norm rather than the exception say The American …
Californian government with a protest outside – Photo by Steve Rhodes (Flickr) The politicians who drafted the landlord-renter declawing and debarking bill are to blame for the veto by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger. It is a great bill, a fine goal, but the drafting was too ambitious, it reached too far on the basis of …
