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Janush v. Charities Housing Development Corp.
Citation:
169 F. Supp. 2d 1133 (N.D. Cal. 2000)Facts
Plaintiff suffered from a severe mental health disability. Due to her disability, the plaintiff kept pets (two bird and two cats) which her treating psychiatrist testified lessened the effects of her disability. On December 16, 1999, plaintiff signed a rental agreement for a low-income apartment operated by defendant. Paragraph 23 of the agreement contained a “no pets” clause. Plaintiff did not advise defendant of her pets, and moved into the apartment on January 2, 2000. On January 10, 2000, a maintenance worker discovered the pets in the apartment. The parties disagreed as to whether defendant offered any reasonable accommodations for plaintiff’s pets. Ultimately, on February 7, 2000, defendant filed to evict the plaintiff and on March 26, the plaintiff moved out of the apartment.
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