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RandomChurn t1_jdep2u1 wrote

Some landlords are renting to pit/pit mix owners because I see them, and they're new / newish to the neighborhood (Fox Point). Out of 12 buildings on my street, there are two or three pitties, all owned by renters.

That said, there's like 3% available housing in the state (up from 2%). While it is not legal for a city to have breed restrictions (Pawtucket tried years ago and it was overturned), insurers can in effect ban breeds from properties they insure.

So it is insurers, and it's also simply the fact that if there are 100 applicants for every apt, what landlord wouldn't choose the applicant with perfect credit and no pets?

tl;dr: not impossible but you'd need that one landlord you could sway with perfect credit, previous landlord testimonials, and an offer to pay a substantial pet fee

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Mountain_Bill5743 t1_jdf2wml wrote

Does the LL know they have a pitbull or even a dog? I knew people who had two pitbulls there (fox point), but the landlord was just absentee (it was pet free) and from my experience I'd be willing to guess half of those large breed dogs you're spotting aren't approved on the lease. Same thing my partner experienced renting in Brookline: everyone had a dog because management just cashed checks and let the building fall into disrepair lol.

Agreed, though, its a property insurance and liability issue for many owners to take on.

edit: not advocating lying what-so-ever. Neither of us has ever had a pet, it was just an open secret that others in the building were not approved since it was strictly against the lease

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