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Landlording Problems - Renting with Pets

Q: I am a asistant manager of a large complex. We do have a no pet policy which almost each year head office adds a new pet you cannot have. Recently a tenant got a dog and had the news come and do a story as he is handicapped and said he needed the dog. The dog was given away when they were faced with eviction. Know we have a lady here who has had a cat for six years with the head managers permission although it was verbal does it still stand? Until this other incident with the dog at another complex she was never bothered about the cat . There are a fair amount of people with cats who have had them for 6 years or more who were basically ratted out by the people trying to keep a dog I guess they figured if they could,nt have it no one should have a pet. our head office has gone so far as to make one of there managers catch any cats she sees on the property and take to the spca even if that cat isn,t from our buildings she must catch them and i now this breaks her heart. what can our lady here with the cat do as they are threatening here with eviction and are saying that as its not in writing she does,nt have permission even though she did have verbal permission which just recently this manager got in trouble for so they now she was given verbal permission. Thank for your time.
A: Under the legislation, landlords can restrict the size, species and number of pets, but have to be prepared to show the restrictions are reasonable and enforced equitably. There won't be a quick remedy to this issue in my lifetime but some interesting reading on the subject is provided by the Residential Tenancy Office in its publication on pets found at http://www.rto.gov.bc.ca/documents/GL28.pdf Good Luck!


 
 

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