Help with cat in leasehold flat - Director with passive/aggressive behaviour

csgohan4

AdrianC said:

teachfast said:

It may be the DDA if the EA doesn't cover it. This is a useful guide to the transition:

https://www.lease-assn.org/leasehold-information-sheets/disability-adaptations.php
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Landlords or managers are required to take reasonable steps to:

change a policy, practice or procedure which makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult for a disabled person to accept a letting, enjoy the premises or use any facility that the lease or tenancy specifies;

And which bit of that covers the situation where there is zero evidence that a pet is actually medically necessary?

It would cover being denied a guide dog or similar trained assistance animal. But not a cat. Not without some kind of documented medical proof.

Are you saying you can't have a guide cat? So racist!!!

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csgohan4 said:

AdrianC said:

teachfast said:

It may be the DDA if the EA doesn't cover it. This is a useful guide to the transition:

https://www.lease-assn.org/leasehold-information-sheets/disability-adaptations.php
...
Landlords or managers are required to take reasonable steps to:

change a policy, practice or procedure which makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult for a disabled person to accept a letting, enjoy the premises or use any facility that the lease or tenancy specifies;

And which bit of that covers the situation where there is zero evidence that a pet is actually medically necessary?

It would cover being denied a guide dog or similar trained assistance animal. But not a cat. Not without some kind of documented medical proof.

Are you saying you can't have a guide cat? So racist!!!

It would be speciesm!

SpiderLegs

AdrianC said:

teachfast said:

It may be the DDA if the EA doesn't cover it. This is a useful guide to the transition:

https://www.lease-assn.org/leasehold-information-sheets/disability-adaptations.php
...
Landlords or managers are required to take reasonable steps to:

change a policy, practice or procedure which makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult for a disabled person to accept a letting, enjoy the premises or use any facility that the lease or tenancy specifies;

And which bit of that covers the situation where there is zero evidence that a pet is actually medically necessary?

It would cover being denied a guide dog or similar trained assistance animal. But not a cat. Not without some kind of documented medical proof.

I’m thinking that the cat could just identify as a guide dog. Problem solved.

teachfast

AdrianC said:

teachfast said:

It may be the DDA if the EA doesn't cover it. This is a useful guide to the transition:

https://www.lease-assn.org/leasehold-information-sheets/disability-adaptations.php
...
Landlords or managers are required to take reasonable steps to:

change a policy, practice or procedure which makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult for a disabled person to accept a letting, enjoy the premises or use any facility that the lease or tenancy specifies;

And which bit of that covers the situation where there is zero evidence that a pet is actually medically necessary?

It would cover being denied a guide dog or similar trained assistance animal. But not a cat. Not without some kind of documented medical proof.

I'd say they are obliged to take the disability into account and didn't. It doesn't fall to them to be medical experts. The assertion that there is a connection to the disability (which they made during the application) is sufficient. 

csgohan4

teachfast said:

AdrianC said:

teachfast said:

It may be the DDA if the EA doesn't cover it. This is a useful guide to the transition:

https://www.lease-assn.org/leasehold-information-sheets/disability-adaptations.php
...
Landlords or managers are required to take reasonable steps to:

change a policy, practice or procedure which makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult for a disabled person to accept a letting, enjoy the premises or use any facility that the lease or tenancy specifies;

And which bit of that covers the situation where there is zero evidence that a pet is actually medically necessary?

It would cover being denied a guide dog or similar trained assistance animal. But not a cat. Not without some kind of documented medical proof.

I'd say they are obliged to take the disability into account and didn't. It doesn't fall to them to be medical experts. The assertion that there is a connection to the disability (which they made during the application) is sufficient. 

If the OP can get a medical certified letter for their chronic lung condition that they need a cat, £10 to a charity of your choice, one time

SpiderLegs

teachfast said:

AdrianC said:

teachfast said:

It may be the DDA if the EA doesn't cover it. This is a useful guide to the transition:

https://www.lease-assn.org/leasehold-information-sheets/disability-adaptations.php
...
Landlords or managers are required to take reasonable steps to:

change a policy, practice or procedure which makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult for a disabled person to accept a letting, enjoy the premises or use any facility that the lease or tenancy specifies;

And which bit of that covers the situation where there is zero evidence that a pet is actually medically necessary?

It would cover being denied a guide dog or similar trained assistance animal. But not a cat. Not without some kind of documented medical proof.

I'd say they are obliged to take the disability into account and didn't. It doesn't fall to them to be medical experts. The assertion that there is a connection to the disability (which they made during the application) is sufficient. 

I wasn’t aware that the DDA gave disabled people the right to force others to do whatever they want off the back of any unsubstantiated claim about their disability.

wannabe_a_saver

csgohan4 said:

teachfast said:

AdrianC said:

teachfast said:

It may be the DDA if the EA doesn't cover it. This is a useful guide to the transition:

https://www.lease-assn.org/leasehold-information-sheets/disability-adaptations.php
...
Landlords or managers are required to take reasonable steps to:

change a policy, practice or procedure which makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult for a disabled person to accept a letting, enjoy the premises or use any facility that the lease or tenancy specifies;

And which bit of that covers the situation where there is zero evidence that a pet is actually medically necessary?

It would cover being denied a guide dog or similar trained assistance animal. But not a cat. Not without some kind of documented medical proof.

I'd say they are obliged to take the disability into account and didn't. It doesn't fall to them to be medical experts. The assertion that there is a connection to the disability (which they made during the application) is sufficient. 

If the OP can get a medical certified letter for their chronic lung condition that they need a cat, £10 to a charity of your choice, one time

The OP isn't claiming that it helps her lung condition, but that it helps her mental health condition. 
I agree that it probably makes the lung condition worse. 

csgohan4

wannabe_a_saver said:

csgohan4 said:

teachfast said:

AdrianC said:

teachfast said:

It may be the DDA if the EA doesn't cover it. This is a useful guide to the transition:

https://www.lease-assn.org/leasehold-information-sheets/disability-adaptations.php
...
Landlords or managers are required to take reasonable steps to:

change a policy, practice or procedure which makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult for a disabled person to accept a letting, enjoy the premises or use any facility that the lease or tenancy specifies;

And which bit of that covers the situation where there is zero evidence that a pet is actually medically necessary?

It would cover being denied a guide dog or similar trained assistance animal. But not a cat. Not without some kind of documented medical proof.

I'd say they are obliged to take the disability into account and didn't. It doesn't fall to them to be medical experts. The assertion that there is a connection to the disability (which they made during the application) is sufficient. 

If the OP can get a medical certified letter for their chronic lung condition that they need a cat, £10 to a charity of your choice, one time

The OP isn't claiming that it helps her lung condition, but that it helps her mental health condition. 
I agree that it probably makes the lung condition worse. 

A medical letter, in the remote possibility of getting one, will not trump what's written in the lease. This isn't about applying to get certain benefits and needing medical letters to support your claim where it 'may' help. 

wannabe_a_saver

csgohan4 said:

wannabe_a_saver said:

csgohan4 said:

teachfast said:

AdrianC said:

teachfast said:

It may be the DDA if the EA doesn't cover it. This is a useful guide to the transition:

https://www.lease-assn.org/leasehold-information-sheets/disability-adaptations.php
...
Landlords or managers are required to take reasonable steps to:

change a policy, practice or procedure which makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult for a disabled person to accept a letting, enjoy the premises or use any facility that the lease or tenancy specifies;

And which bit of that covers the situation where there is zero evidence that a pet is actually medically necessary?

It would cover being denied a guide dog or similar trained assistance animal. But not a cat. Not without some kind of documented medical proof.

I'd say they are obliged to take the disability into account and didn't. It doesn't fall to them to be medical experts. The assertion that there is a connection to the disability (which they made during the application) is sufficient. 

If the OP can get a medical certified letter for their chronic lung condition that they need a cat, £10 to a charity of your choice, one time

The OP isn't claiming that it helps her lung condition, but that it helps her mental health condition. 
I agree that it probably makes the lung condition worse. 

A medical letter, in the remote possibility of getting one, will not trump what's written in the lease. This isn't about applying to get certain benefits and needing medical letters to support your claim where it 'may' help. 

The Equality Act does trump the lease though.  Admittedly I don't think it applies here but just wanted to add that. 

csgohan4

wannabe_a_saver said:

csgohan4 said:

wannabe_a_saver said:

csgohan4 said:

teachfast said:

AdrianC said:

teachfast said:

It may be the DDA if the EA doesn't cover it. This is a useful guide to the transition:

https://www.lease-assn.org/leasehold-information-sheets/disability-adaptations.php
...
Landlords or managers are required to take reasonable steps to:

change a policy, practice or procedure which makes it impossible or unreasonably difficult for a disabled person to accept a letting, enjoy the premises or use any facility that the lease or tenancy specifies;

And which bit of that covers the situation where there is zero evidence that a pet is actually medically necessary?

It would cover being denied a guide dog or similar trained assistance animal. But not a cat. Not without some kind of documented medical proof.

I'd say they are obliged to take the disability into account and didn't. It doesn't fall to them to be medical experts. The assertion that there is a connection to the disability (which they made during the application) is sufficient. 

If the OP can get a medical certified letter for their chronic lung condition that they need a cat, £10 to a charity of your choice, one time

The OP isn't claiming that it helps her lung condition, but that it helps her mental health condition. 
I agree that it probably makes the lung condition worse. 

A medical letter, in the remote possibility of getting one, will not trump what's written in the lease. This isn't about applying to get certain benefits and needing medical letters to support your claim where it 'may' help. 

The Equality Act does trump the lease though.  Admittedly I don't think it applies here but just wanted to add that. 

Does it apply to someone who bought rather than let though?
So if I say I need a pet for my mental health but my lease restricts against this, I can still get one then?