A Michael Broad Blog
The story in the newspapers about a playwright and her cat being sued by a landlord because her cat peed on the carpet highlights how short-term renting with a full-time indoor cat is likely to fail. The story concerns Polly Stenham MBE, 38, who was sued by her landlord Elio Cassandro, a media lawyer …
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 …
NEWS AND COMMENT-CHESTER, UK: Gareth Olsen, a tree surgeon, was clearing a field near Chester for a landlord. He stumbled upon a woman in her 50s and her soulmate cat when she waved her hand and said: “I live here”. The area where she lived had been undisturbed for a long time. News media …
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 …
