Another good idea for keep
pets and people together.Information on how you can get a program like this in your
community at the bottom of the page.
Also See Landlord/Tennant Suggestions
for ideas and even classified ad ideas as well as Apartment Dogs for which
ones are good apt. dwellers and low energy.
: Companion Animals Renters
Program (US)
SOURCE: FIREPAW
Millions of companion animals are abandoned
by their family members
every year. Many of these innocent victims
never get adopted and are
senselessly euthanized. One of the leading
reasons people abandon
their companion animals is related to the
limited rental housing
options available to people with animals.
In an effort to redress the shortage of
pet-friendly rental housing--
thereby reducing the amount of abandoned and
euthanized companion
animals--FIREPAW is pleased to announce the
Companion Animal Renters
Program. This is a multi-level program
comprised of (1) a national
research study of landlords and pet-friendly
rentals (the Companion
Animal Renters Study--CARS] and (2) a unique,
applied three-prong
program to encourage and assist rental
property owners to offer pet-
friendly housing. The customized landlords
program is tailored to
meet the unique needs of all types of rental
properties--from single
unit buildings to large complexes. In
conjunction with the program
for landlords FIREPAW has also developed an
information and resource
packet for tenants: "How to Find, Keep
and Enjoy a Pet-Friendly
Rental".
Anecdotal evidence and findings from pilot
study interviews indicates
that tenants with animals mean good business
for rental property
owners. To begin with, offering pet-friendly
rentals doubles a
landlord's tenant pool. Additionally, with
the right conditions
tenants with animals tend to stay longer
(that means less turn-over,
and fewer costs and hassles), be more loyal,
have less complaints,
and have stronger bonds within their rental
community. Dr. Pamela
Frank, co-researcher on the national
landlords and pets study and
developer of the Companion Animal Renters
Program said, "An
increasing amount of savvy landlords already
know that pet-friendly
rentals can mean good business. One of
FIREPAW's goals with the
national study and the three-prong landlords
program is to get the
word out to many more rental property owners
about the economic
advantages and the overall attractiveness of
renting to tenants with
animals."
While they are hoping for donations to help
defray some of the costs,
the Companion Animals Renters Program is free
to rental property
owners and managers. The same goes for
renters with the Tenants
Information Packet. FIREPAW is a charitable,
nonprofit organization
and donations are tax-deductible. For more
information contact
FIREPAW, Inc., 153 N. Allen, Albany, NY,
12206 at 518-438-5939,
email: firepaw@earthlink.net or visit their web site at:
http://www.firepaw.org.
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