A private—that is, non-federally funded—landlord in California, which has legalized both medical and recreational use marijuana, catches two tenants smoking pot in the clubhouse in violation of the community’s anti-drug use policy. Tenant A...
Your community’s fitness center offers pilates classes for tenants. After reading studies showing that pilates classes are dangerous for kids, you implement a new rule banning children under age 18 from participating in the classes. Is this a legitimate...
In response to a neighbor’s complaints about odors coming from a tenant’s apartment, you reenter the unit and discover stacks of moldy newspapers, open food containers, unwashed clothing, and other debris strewn about, including in places where...
Neighbors complain that a tenant’s dog has a nasty habit of barking all night and attacking young children. Several claim to have been bitten. You ask the tenant to get rid of the dog, reminding her that you have a no-pets policy. The tenant then reminds...
Website accessibility is rapidly emerging as the next big thing in fair housing liability.
Like any other consumer-facing business, multifamily housing providers need a good website that online shoppers can use to scope out their product. But while most landlords...
Now that we’ve outlined the six questions to ask when a tenant requests permission to keep an assistance animal to accommodate a disability-related need, let’s see how well you learned the material. Take the Coach’s Quiz below by applying the principles we’ve...
What Would You Do? Neighbors complain that a tenant is keeping Binky, a loud and menacing-looking pit bull, in her apartment in violation of your community’s no-pets policy. You ask the tenant to get rid of the dog or you may have to evict her. She becomes...
