Can my landlord do this? I'm so mad!!

[Anonymous]

Have you done a google search to see who your local housing authority is? You should also do a google serach to find out who runs the management company at a more senior level. You need to escalate this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have you done a google search to see who your local housing authority is? You should also do a google serach to find out who runs the management company at a more senior level. You need to escalate this.

thanks, I'll email once more tomorrow and ask again for a copy of my signed lease. If that doesn't work I will contact the regional manager and go from there. It's frustrating because we kind of solved the dog issue, they said he could stay for a while until he's allowed to fly, as long as nobody complains of too much noise (which they won't because he's not a puppy and mostly lays around). And he will be gone as soon as temps go down and he can fly. It's just so frustrating that 2 weeks into it and 3 requests later I STILL don't have a copy of my lease...

[Anonymous]

I doubt your problem is going to end when the dog leaves and you get a copy of the lease. Your complex is not well managed and I shudder to think what their maintenance is like if the administrative end is this bad. I hope you've got good renter's insurance.

[Anonymous]

Hand-written comments, addenda, cross-outs, etc are certainly valid on any document so long as they are done before the parties sign. This person is bull shitting you and/or is completely stupid.

[Anonymous]

OP, as someone who works for one of these landlords (maybe even your landlord), if anything comes of this I would recommend going up the chain until you get to someone in a corporate office. One of the PP is correct - there are often very inexperienced folks running the properties and they sometimes make bad decisions (such as making an exception for you). Property managers don't make much money, and it's not a very glamorous job (people complain to you ALL day about everything, you have to deal with people that won't pay their rent, etc.). The other folks in the office (like the girl that made an exception for you) make even less money. Someone in a corporate office will have a more level headed response to you, i.e. they shouldn't have allowed you to do this, but they did, so they have to stick by it.

All that being said, I would suspect that there is a paragraph in the pet addendum (regardless of what floor you are on) that indicates a dog that is a nuisance to neighbors has to go. Just like a person that is a nuisance to neighbors. I am sure your dog is very nice, but say, a german shephard that barks all day and night needs to go.

I would also echo the PP's suggestion that you reach out to your neighbor downstairs and explain the situation and ask them to let you know if it is an inconvenience. Might work if you are worried about your dog. Mine, for example, gets fired up for about 1/2 hour every night when my husband plays ball with her. If a neighbor knew that was all it was, they would be less likely to call the building manager.

If this is a big apartment complex with a corporate landlord, they are absolutely NOT going to attempt to evict you. The managers are just doing some CYA in my opinion. If you can, go to the office and stay there until they give you a copy of your lease. Make it hard for them to ignore you.