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Yes, plenty of rental properties in the US prohibit pets.* *Service animals are often excepted, by law.

hansvm 6y ago
I like the way that's phrased -- it's the law to allow service animals, but they're only often allowed. Landlords have a lot of power, especially over anyone living paycheck to paycheck, and some of them will knowingly break laws if they think you're unable to fight back.
- sn_master 6y ago
  No one likes to have loud dog barking all day and night from their neighbors. Its not about enjoying power over people, its about making the lives of everyone around you less sucky. You can always get a turtle, a fish a hamster, guinea pig etc and no one will even know you have one and you can enjoy their company just as much as a dog. Lookup YouTube to find evidence of how fun small animals can be.
  - hansvm 6y ago
    > Its not about _enjoying_ power Not what I said and not the point (or not the point I was making -- it was a tangent from the main thread). However they might personally feel about it, landlords _have_ a lot of power. Some of them use that power to break the law without consequence, presumably when it's financially beneficial. To the rest of your comment, it seems you're conflating service animals (well trained, won't bark all day and night, legally protected, still sometimes banned by unscrupulous landlords) with emotional support animals (undefined training, might bark all day and night, minimal legal protections, often banned even by scrupulous landlords). Is that accurate, or is there something more to your comment that I'm missing?
    - sn_master 6y ago
      My comment was about dogs that aren't trained well to be in an apartment situation. Service animals obviously don't fall into that category. Its about someone having a loud dog that can't stop barking at night and then when anyone tries to talk to them about it they just claim that the other party are animal haters and like to enforce illegal clauses.

I like the way that's phrased -- it's the law to allow service animals, but they're only often allowed. Landlords have a lot of power, especially over anyone living paycheck to paycheck, and some of them will knowingly break laws if they think you're unable to fight back.

sn_master 6y ago
No one likes to have loud dog barking all day and night from their neighbors. Its not about enjoying power over people, its about making the lives of everyone around you less sucky. You can always get a turtle, a fish a hamster, guinea pig etc and no one will even know you have one and you can enjoy their company just as much as a dog. Lookup YouTube to find evidence of how fun small animals can be.
- hansvm 6y ago
  > Its not about _enjoying_ power Not what I said and not the point (or not the point I was making -- it was a tangent from the main thread). However they might personally feel about it, landlords _have_ a lot of power. Some of them use that power to break the law without consequence, presumably when it's financially beneficial. To the rest of your comment, it seems you're conflating service animals (well trained, won't bark all day and night, legally protected, still sometimes banned by unscrupulous landlords) with emotional support animals (undefined training, might bark all day and night, minimal legal protections, often banned even by scrupulous landlords). Is that accurate, or is there something more to your comment that I'm missing?
  - sn_master 6y ago
    My comment was about dogs that aren't trained well to be in an apartment situation. Service animals obviously don't fall into that category. Its about someone having a loud dog that can't stop barking at night and then when anyone tries to talk to them about it they just claim that the other party are animal haters and like to enforce illegal clauses.