Well, it's official. Spoke with Mike this morning and he isn't budging. He did tell me that as long as I was actively looking for a new home for my dog and pup, he would give me a couple of extra weeks. By mid-May, if they are not re-homed, he will enforce his legal rights. I asked him what he meant by that and he said that I don't have a lease and he is within his rights to evict me without cause. According to my attorney, this is correct. When I made mention that my dogs are emotional support dogs for my special needs child, he stated that he is still within his rights to take legal action. He said that the decison to enforce the policy of no dogs wasn't something that came easy for him, but something he has to do. He also stated that he has more homes that wish to move into the court but won't because of the dogs and I believe therein lies the truth behind his decision. He's only concerned with the bottom dollar. When I said that I knew of at least two dog owners that were looking for a different place, he said that he's sorry they feel that way, but will more than make up for it with those that do want to put there mobile home in the park.

The equity in the home is not that substantial. It was 11 years old when I bought it for $13,000 and I still owe $6,100. Using the equity to purchase a parcel of land wouldn't be enough to develop it. There isn't much developed land around here. I would have to have a well dug and electricity ran, which are both very expensive to have done. New York is an expensive state to live in. Taxes and property are outrageous, hence the reason I purchased a home in a park to begin with. I'm not trying to shoot down everyone's suggestions as they are all good ideas. Unfortunately, I don't see me being able to get out from under my present financial responsibility anytime soon.

Today just isn't a good day for me.

Kristina

So sorry to hear that things just aren't going well. Have you considered renting your place out and finding a new place to rent yourself? I don't know if this would be financially feasable either, but just throwing it out there as a potential suggestion. Here in VT rents are really high so when I rented my place out, the rent easily covered the expenses on the place (until I had the tenent from hell). I don't know if it's comparable in New York. Hopefully someone here will be able to come up with a solution. I can almost hear the clock ticking for you. My heart goes out to you, I wish I had a better answer.

Well I have no experience with what you are going through, However if it does come to you having to give away your family members to keep a roof over your son, then I will gladly buy your dvd's, as well as other training equipment you have. You can pm me or send me an email @ Nightstalker_Dyncorp@yahoo.com.
I wish I could help you with your animal situation, but I work for BlackWater here in Iraq, and will be here until july, which would be past your deadline. Im sorry about this, He needs an a.. beating for being such a jerk.

James Btw I will pay the price you paid, Im not gonna try to get over because your already down.

Here in Calif. if there is a note from the doctor that supports your statement about your child recieving needed emotional support from a dog then it's legit. This amounts to a bias against the person for medical reasons and will stand up in court.

Michael is correct. If your child's doctor writes a letter stating that your child has (blank) condition and the dog is part of the treatment plan, and the child's condition is considered a disability, then it's covered by the ADA and you cannot be denied or refused housing because of the dog.

I'm going to say this as both a dog trainer and a medical professional ( I have a degree as a PA )- getting a physician's note *after* the start of this type of battle isn't going to look that good unless the M.D. and you have actually discussed before the start of the legal proceedings ( and it would have to be documented somewhere on the child's chart, once again *before* the matter started).

And a savvy landlord's attorney would still have an advantage here - the use of dogs in treatment like this is *not* held in high regard by the medical profession in general and it would be a rare physician that would be willing to lose the income from a lost day at the office to participate in a trial over a matter such as this.

Please take this as just information, it's not meant as an insult or anything like that, I'm just explaining how many, if not most medical types would view this.

As far as needing a beating....well i get threated quite often trying to collect rent that tenants owe me but I CAN'T get you arrested for stealing...but it is.....And I CAN'T get you arrested for vandalism when you damage my house...but it is....and meanwhile you dont pay your rent and abusing my place and it's costing me money and time to recover my own #*^$%$ property...

To often I walk to the door and there is Mr and Mrs Tenant with marlboro and budweiser in there hands telling me they dont know why they dont have enough money to make the bills and their behind on the other bills and as soon as they get that payed then i will definely get you some....honey grab me another beer and smoke ... times are toughs you know and I'm in between jobs...and you walk away with empty hands and promises..

We have been in the mobile home business for over 30 years and never have been to trial over any evictions that we have ever done...either in rule violations or non-payment of rent.

Its a very simple and quick process....

Pay your rent and obey the rules and regulation of the park/county/state and you may reside in the park....

If not the landlord has the right to termiate the lease/contract...

In this case, since the landlord is sticking to his new rules. I would definely remove the dogs from his property because he isnt evicting you and as long as you obey the park rules and of course have rent current. He CANT evict you...

One last thing..if you want to move to Illinois I do have lots open and do accept animals but of course there are rules about them here too...

the therapy dog thing is irrelevant anyway because she has a month to month lease. there can be no discrimination. he only has to give 30 days and he doesn't need a reason.

she can buy time by staying there with the dogs and forcing him to evict her, which will take some time.

she can get rid of her dogs and stay indefinitely.

or she can find a place to move her trailer to. she might have to take out a loan to be able to afford to do this.

or she can rent out her place to someone without dogs, take on the headache of being a landlord herself, and try to find a rental place that takes dogs. (good luck!)

keeping the dogs is going to cost money and create a lot of stress. only the OP can decide how important the dogs are in the larger scheme of her life.

if there is someone who will take the dogs until you work the situation out, that might be your least stressful option. some boarding kennels will do this. i know of boarding kennels that have kept dogs in the kennel owners' home for as long as a year or more until the owner could take them back.

If she stays until she is evicted will this show up on her credit report & therefore make it difficult to rent anywhere else? I think this can happen in California, but I don't know about New York.

i don't know, susan, but to me it is the least attractive option anyway, because she has no hope of winning, and when the eviction goes through, if she hasn't yet lined up an alternative living situation, she could be in pretty dire straights.

the whole idea here is to take control of the situation. unless she has a good imminent alternative and just needs a little more time, i don't see how it makes sense for her to stick it out until evicted.

new york state has lots of good laws and programs to help people in difficult situations. i'd call the city or county and/or the state and find out what kinds of programs she qualifies for and see if she can get some help there.

if that doesn't turn anything up, it's either give up the dogs permanently, give them up temporarily, and/or get a loan and a second job to make it possible to move.