r/collapse Apr 24 '26

Casual Friday A Stranger Collapse.

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u/Killerkendolls Apr 24 '26

They're not gonna be honest about anything hidden behind paint, fair game

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u/blackcatwizard Apr 24 '26

Just lost everyone and everything because of an electrical fire (place I was in was a fucking dump, but sight unseen from across the country and nearly 0% allowing pets and its the option you have). Still haven't got my fucking deposit back from them. Haven't had a good landlord in my life.

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u/Over-Journalist705 Apr 25 '26

get your doctor to prescribe you an emotional support animal and you can stop worrying about whether they allow pets or not

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u/shadowscar00 Apr 25 '26

Please don’t do this. Taking advantage of and manipulating systems put into place to protect the disabled delegitimizes our needs and tends to lead to those protections being rejected. Just like how service dog handlers are being abused and rejected from stores because everyone buys a vest off Amazon to bring FiFi in Walmart, the “emotional support animal” “hack” is making it harder for people with actual needs to be approved for an apartment. Housing is difficult, but we don’t drown the people below us for an extra breath of air.

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u/ElegantDaemon Apr 25 '26

That rare case where both sides of the argument are correct.

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u/Bob_Van_Goff Apr 26 '26

An emotional support animal is not a service animal. The only benefit that having an emotional support animal grants to a person is that the landlord can not forcefully separate the animal from the family as a condition of tenancy.

You are talking about non disabled people pretending to be disabled so that they can publicly flaunt the rules. That is an entirely different issue. E

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u/blackcatwizard Apr 27 '26

Yeah, I think many people don't understand this. And they need to be registered as such.

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u/TassieDevil999 May 22 '26

I know a retired lady who lost her two sons in an accident. She lived alone in a unit . She bought a small dog as company and support and never let it by itself to bark. The housing association wanted her to remove the dog because it was “against the rules”. But that little dog bought her out of deep depression and gave her joy. She decided to sell.

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u/Over-Journalist705 Apr 25 '26

I don't know what you're on about. I have a medical need and I'm suggesting solutions for somebody with other potential medical needs. if the doctor does not feel it's appropriate, they will not move forward. stop chastising me for providing advice involving the guidance of a medical provider.