Is it legal in California for a landlord to deny pets at their condo for rent if HOA allows pets on property?
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Check with the city hall for information about that. Each places has it own guide lines on rental property.
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it must be in the lease before you sign it in order for you to be prohibited.  However, even if it is, there are fair housing issues to be thought of.  Depending on how many apartments he has, he cannot have an arbitrary reason for allowing one apt to be smoking and one non smoking.  if he has a completely smoke free building or certain floors that are smoke free, then this wouldn't violate fair housing, but if its just random, even if it is in the lease, its not likely enforceable.\nand the person who said about not paying rent while you're tied up in court....you're supposed to pay it to the court who will hold it pending the outcome of your case.  this shows the tenant's good faith.  Heaven forbid you lose and you haven't paid rent for 8 months, the judge is not going to look favorably on that.\n\np.s. a landlord CAN tell you what to do in your own apartment, he just has to tell you before you sign and preferably in the lease if he wants a chance of enforcing it.  can range from no pets, to quiet hours, to no waterbeds, or hot plates, or holes in the wall.  Whoever thinks a landlord can't tell you what to do in the property he rents to you probably never gets their security deposits back.  \n\npps.  its assumed, without being in the lease, that all illegal activities are prohibited, so now cathouses or meth labs...even if you didn't specifically agree to it.
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If the landlord didn't agree, then you'd probably have to get an attorney and prove that it is not a safe enviornment, and that you want to move for safety reasons.  I don't know how easy that would be to prove, not to mention the attorney fees and court costs you'd be out.  Cheaper to invest in mace, stun gun, or self defense classes?
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You are screwed.\n\nWhen you bought a home that belongs to a HOA, you agreed to abide by all their regulations and by-laws.  Period.\n\nRun ads in the paper, penny saver, post outside of your neighborhood, boards at grocery stores, laundromats etc.\n\nYou can also pay for yourself to list your home in the MLS, go to www.mls.com.\n\nGood luck
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State laws differ. Go online and check for your city or county department of housing. or google your state name and "tenants rights". I have tons of landlord problems so I have checked the CA tenants rights page a lot. I am sure you will find your state has many easy to understand guidelines. I state my problem in a registered letter  and/or email to my landlord and keep the receipts and copies. If you can show that you made efforts to inform the landlord of the problem and that the problem is important to your safety or enjoyment of the apartment it is usually\nfine, up to a certain amount. Your air conditioner would certainly qualify but, still, check the tenancy laws in your city, If you are a renter, you owe it to yourself to know a lot more about the laws.\nKnowledge is Power
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To be honest, you don't have any sort of lawsuit against anyone.\n\nIf you don't trust this person, then you should not use her to take care of your dog.\n\nIf you don't have anyone else who can take care of your dog, then you can get a lock for your medicine cabinet.\n\nYou can't just let it go, but you can't jump down anyones throat for doing what they thought you wanted done either.\n\nYou probably don't have the whole story.  If your dog was crying or raising hell, your neighbor probably felt like she was doing what she was supposed to do since you do entrust the care of the dog to her.  If the management knows this, thats probably why they let her in.\n\nWhat you need to do is speak to the person who let her in privately.   Don't come across like you are accusing them or blaming them for anything.  Explain that while you do allow this person access to your place to take care of your dog, you have certain things in your apartment that you secure first and that you don't want this person being let in without you knowing about it in advance.  Ask them nicely to not let her in again unless you have called them and told them it's ok.
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if it's private as you say and owned by HOA or the likes the answer would be no.
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Here is the link to the California Department of Real Estate Tenant Landlord Rights section.\n\nhttp://www.dca.ca.gov/legal/landlordbook/index.html
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Sounds legal to me.\n\nBut, check out a book, "Tenent's Rights" (or some such title) by Nolo Press at the booksore, library, or at www.nolo.com .  They have a California-specific version that should address this *exact* situation.
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A condo is any living unit with shared property, like an apartment building or a townhouse condo.  But a townhouse is one house in a group of attached houses.  It can be condo or freehold.  If it is condo, the land is shared by all of the townhomes and condo fees are assessed for its mainenance.  The outside of the building may also belong to the condo corporation as well as the roof.  For freehold townhomes, each owner is responsible for the maintenance of the yard attached to his unit as well as the ouside and roof of his/her portion of the building.
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Oh you are opening up pandora's box!  Do  you really want tenants working on your property?  You are opening yourself up to a lot of liability issues there.  Definetly speak with a lawyer, but as a property manager I would say not a good idea!  If I let the tenants make decisions about repairs/maintenance/upkeep around here there would be mayhem!  I can't tell you how many people knock on my door daily....to ask to borrow a plunger! ugh!  Seriously though, think about your investment, you want to protect it right?  People tend to care for their own property much better than those who are merely renting!
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contact you local SPCA they will have information as to what exotic animals are allowed as pets.   My best guess would be no.   Calgary has some very strict legislation regarding pets.
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Talk with your neighbor or check you closing paperwork when you purchased the home.  HOA and its guidelines are included in your closing information supplied by your title company.  If you are a renter, contact the owner for the HOA information.
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I have a friend that does pet sitting and does not bring the pets home.  He simply goes to the persons house twice a day and checks in on the pet, feeds them, and cleans up.  He also takes pets out on walks during the day.  This is for the larger dogs that live in condos.  He lives in the LA area so he totally needs a car, but if he were in a small town he could probably pull it off without the car.
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I know that the City of Plano has been known to peek over an 8 foot fence and make stink over bags filled with leaves.  [Plano is one big HOA].\nAnd since recent legislation in Texas gives HOA's greater power than before (they can foreclose on homes now-faster than banks), I would not join a community where HOA was mandatory.\nI would suggest you check with the HOA rules that you should have been given as matter of documentation at the close.  You may want to talk to your city to see if the HOA's have to conform to some city policies on privacy issues.
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In California, you can have an off-site manager for an apartment complex of any size.  But if the complex is 16 or more units, that person needs to have a Ca. Real Estate salesperson license.  If you feel that the 'neglect' of the complex is an issue, report it to the California Department of Real Estate (DRE)- go to www.dre.ca.gov\nYou can get the phone numbers to the area office for your county, and a bunch of other helpful stuff. \n(I have a degree in real estate and escrow- i should know!)\n\nYour landlord has a responsibility to you and all other tennants of the building to guarantee 'quiet enjoyment of dwelling spaces in possession of the tennant'... That's the law.
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Personally, I wouldn't do it!\n\nI used to be on the homeowners board of directors in a condominium complex.  We had several units that were rentals, and several of these were to Section 8 tenants.  EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE TENANTS WAS A PROBLEM TENANT!\n\nYou probably know that owners take better care of a property than renters, because the owners have a vested, personal, financial interest in it.\n\nWell, section 8 renters take much worse care of their property than do general renters because, unlike regular renters, these people are not paying the rent themselves.  They have ZERO vested interest in the property!  They tend to sink to the lowest common denominator of human behavior, and they trash the property, they make terrible neighbors, and they make the landlord's life a nightmare.\n\nI am serious here -- stay away from the Section 8 tenants!\n\n~ ♥ ~