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Recent Comments:
Housing Discrimination: Disability-Related Complaints Soar (AOL Real Estate)
May 12th 2012 2:39AM I have a minor disability so I can sympathize with the demand for "fair housing". But to me it seems unfair to demand that someone who has finally bought their dream home and is renting out a part of it should be forced to accomodate someone else's needs. It is kind and generous if he chooses to do so, but generosity cannot be legislated. For instance, assume for a moment that I am afraid of dogs; do I have to live with dogs in the house I struggled so hard to buy in order to accomodate someone who needs a guide dog? If the person in need of a dog is the owner of a house, renting out an apartment, can I require that he accomodate my disability since I have this unreasonable fear of dogs? If someone requires a ramp in my house, what happens when the mailman slips on that ramp one icy day? I am the one who will be sued not the tenant.
It is one thing to demand that corporations owning apartment complexes maintain these complexes so that they are accessible to the handicapped; they simply adjust the rental price to cover their additional costs and the additional exposure to risk. But to ask individuals to accept that burden is not "equal protection under the law." Most owners will not even be able to asses the additional costs and risks until they are hurt by them.
Couple Sues Landlord Over 'Haunted' House (AOL Real Estate)
Apr 16th 2012 7:15PM They've just paid a $2500 deposit, and the first month's rent - probably also the last monrh's rent. Then they left after a week, abandoning that money? That doesn't sound like people who cannot afford the rent. In what way was the rent suddenly unaffordable when they had just paid it a week earlier. As a landlord, people usually find problems with the apartment after their first and last month rent runs out not when they have already paid it.
Mezuzah Case: Condo Association Bylaw vs. Jewish Practice (AOL Real Estate)
Mar 29th 2012 7:47PM I do not understand why the Condo Association is choosing to make such huge fuss about such a small thing. However, having said that, in the interests of accuracy, there is a huge difference betweem a door and a door frame! A door is easily replaceable by simply removing the hinges; a doorframe is built into the wall and cannot be removed without carpentry skills and ancillary damage. And it would appear that the hall doors are NOT enumerated as part of the unit but are retained by the Condo Association (presumably in the interest of conformity. In fact, I would assume that interior walls are the walls inside each unit and the Condo Association does not actually permit residents to install cameras, put up pictures, paint or otherwise act upon hall walls. Nor is a private organization barred from discrimination, UNDER THE CONSTITUTION, which only precludes CONGRESS from establishing any one religion. While Freedom of Religion is a great good and should be protected by law; it is not, however, mentioned in the Constitution which concerns itself only with Acts of CONGRESS in this case. (In fact, the state of Massachusetts had an established religion for many years after the Constitution was ratified by Massachusetts.
Billboard House Advertises a Way Out of the Housing Crisis (AOL Real Estate)
Feb 14th 2012 1:11AM I am surprised by the number of people who have been thoroughly nasty about this. First of all, please remember, your home is your castle and if you want to paint it magenta and acid yellow - or any other color - it should not be anyone's problem other than your own. Second, I am glad that most of you do not seem to need financial help; try to remember that a great many people are not in your happy position and don't begrudge them a chance to ease financial hardship by temporarily renting out the outside of their home - and remember, it is temporary.
Blueseed: 'Startup Incubator' Could Sail Past Immigration Law (AOL Real Estate)
Feb 8th 2012 7:19PM This sounds more like a complicated tax scheme than an immigration problem. Building relationships is not a full time job and if you are building a business, you need to be home running your business, expanding your markets and supervising your employees. If you need to devlop relationships, a 4 month Visa will serve admirably and then you can return to your work; if you need a permanent representative, you can get a permanent Visa for a long term employee. If you are at the level of brainstorming a new business, rather than running something new, you don't need Silicon Valley.
The Minor Threat: Age-Restricted Communities Evicting Children (AOL Real Estate)
Jan 6th 2012 7:06PM If you are likely to have children, don't move into an age restricted community. I am elderly and I do NOT live in an age restricted community but I have often thought I would love to buy a house in one. Elderly people have the problems of elderly people: a tendency toward afternoon naps, canes or walkers or wheelchairs that don't deal well with bicycles, tricycles or skateboards, and fragile bones that cannot stand up to collision with running children or thrown balls. I have trouble walking and I have several times been nearly run down by skateboards and bicycles.
This is a situation that is devastating to the grandparents. But, on the other hand, children running freely through the community can be devastating to the residents who paid a premium for a safe environment in their old age.
I don't know what the solution is. Perhaps the Association should consider buying the home at a fair market price and holding it for sale while the grandparents move to a multigenerational community? If the residents can jointly shoulder the financial burden?
7 Things That Drive Vets Crazy (Pawnation OLD)
Dec 18th 2011 12:34AM Nunya: (post #12) Do you know that there are people who are allergic to dogs, as well as people who are afraid of them. My perfectly well-behaved cat is happy to sit on my lap as a change from being confined in a carrier. But then your dog - on his long leash - comes at me barking and growling, scaring both of us! Why should my cat be confined nd your dog allowed to roam free?
'Cloud' Twin Towers: Design Insults 9/11 Victims, Critics Say (AOL Real Estate)
Dec 12th 2011 7:36PM I live in NYC and lost friends in the twin towers. HOWEVER, I do NOT expect the whole world to spend all eternity considering my poor delicate little feelings. You would think that no one has ever died before the World Trade Center disaster. It has been ten years; that does not mean we should forget those who died or those who caused the deaths. But we should be able to look at a building without hysteria and, under no circumstances can we demand that every action taken anywhere in the world must be reviewed for our comfort. There have been a numbe of disasters since; how many of us can even name them, much less consider whether our actions suit the survivors?
A Fine Line: Is Religious Real Estate Kosher? (AOL Real Estate)
Sep 30th 2011 5:14PM And just because you are sick of it, it must be removed? Just how much of your public activity makes someone else sick? Does that give them the right to control your actions? If the color of your house makes me sick, can I demand you change it? Mind your own business and let other people mind theirs.
Incidentally, the free exercise of religion is mentioned in the Bill of Rights - there is NO concomitant right that YOU should be protected from the sight or sound of it. And, incidentally, are you also objecting to any sound of the Muslim call for Prayer from any Mosque in your neighborhood? Or is it only Jewish religion that affects your delicate sensibilities?
And before you start screaming that I am a religious bigot, I happen to be an agnostic. But because I am not prepared to accept religion does not mean that I wish to force others to practice their religion underground lest it offend my far too delicate sensibilities. I think you might be happier in China.
A Fine Line: Is Religious Real Estate Kosher? (AOL Real Estate)
Sep 30th 2011 4:57PM As the article mentions, these eruvim are supported by the community that uses them - not public dollars.
