Real Estate/Development
Apr. 29, 2020
A tenant’s best friend: Ban pet restrictions in residential leases
There is a growing movement to eliminate the right of a landlord to impose a complete restriction on residential tenants having pets, or "animal companions" in modern parlance.
Daniel J. O'Connell
Law Offices of Daniel J. O'ConnellDaniel J. O'Connell practices landlord/tenant law in San Francisco.
I once saw a "no poets" clause in a lease. Obviously, it was a typographical error for "no pets." But the no-pets provision found in most residential leases is no less oppressive, and it should be abolished. There is a growing movement to eliminate the right of a landlord to impose a complete restriction on residential tenants having pets, or "animal companions" in modern parlance.
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