i’m confused by your comment?

Better think of how many people that don't have or need a pet that is looking for a place to rent.

To be fair I am also personally highly critical of our governments giving these tax breaks and incentives. If I had a line item veto, or personal discretion over the matter, I absolutely wouldn’t tolerate it. I am with you on vehemently opposing these projects that are painted as “public private” partnerships, and the sweetheart developer deals that are regularly cut.

Now that that’s clear, and understanding the gravity of the crisis at hand, I would rather see something actually come out of the government spending and partnerships which will inevitably occur, and I see this as one of the better returns on investment in when forced to reckon with the inevitable.

It is completely possible to have a nuanced view, and to like/dislike some parts of a project more than others. Nothing is perfect. Nobody is doing PR for anyone, this is just how it goes with our particular political reality. Everyone is forced to jockey for flawed outcomes. I’m on your side dude.

I respect that you’ve got an interest in solving the housing crisis, but catering and capitulating to multimillionaire developers in the private sector who milk public funding via tax breaks to build million dollar condo units inaccessible to 99% of Rhode Islanders is absolutely a bridge too far. Ridiculous that we even have to consider this. Bending over backwards to do their fucking PR for them. It’s absurd, insulting and everyone here advocating for it should be ashamed, even if it ultimately is a marginal plus for the market. Which I really don’t believe it is.

I am deeply engaged with the subject of housing accessibility and have an understanding of how poor our performance is in terms of new construction, our municipalities general zoning tendencies etc. I also manage several units of different types and affordability around town professionally. I am a renter and own no real estate despite being in the business. You’re allowed to have an opinion, and I’m allowed to have mine. I feel particularly entitled to mine because I’m a subject matter expert, but hey, what the hell does that mean anyways?

Awfully defensive, ProvBroker.

Use your brain and think of what non rental condo units mean. And then keep thinking about it for like 1hr if you’re going to respond to me. And then don’t.

You are delusional.

https://www.census.gov/construction/bps/stateannual.html

^our state is dead last in terms of absolute permits for new construction issued, never mind Providence specifically. We build essentially nothing, and our housing stock is basically ancient on the average.

More housing supply is more housing supply. We need it. If "luxury" units are what are built, so be it.

I don't have an answer but I just wanna say the signs that say STRIVE FOR RENT are comically dystopian. Like if I didn't live here I would think Strive was made up for a film satirizing rent increases.

The condos are often bought individually and then rented out just the same. Please cite your source for the “thousands” of luxury units added downtown? Define luxury please? Any supply is good supply. The top end of owners purchases newer/nicer construction and will often circulate their old housing back into the market. Not everyone who owns property is hoarding real estate to the extent of their ability. In fact many people want nothing to do with landlording, it’s a huge pain in the ass.

For real. They’ve been working overtime 😂

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After all, what is a pet if not an animal you cage for emotional support lol

Agree with all of this. You can get a map of bike lanes, as well as bike-friendly/unfriendly streets in Providence at Legend Bikes which might be helpful (& double as a fun souvenir!). Google map’s biking directions usually help you steer clear of riskier spots, too

I don’t know why anyone is downvoting this. I think people faking service animals should be a crime but emotional support animals? All day. They basically only make it so landlords have to accept your pet. It’s a shame people abused it so much for airline travel; that was an inconvenience to a lot of people. But fuck landlords.

Gotcha. I guess seeing them pop up around the city makes me feel like it's moving in that direction. But the drivers don't help and it's mostly a thing for people to complain about

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Some landlords are exploitative and will use this as an opportunity to extract more rent or withhold your security deposit from you or straight up evict you if they think they can get more money. One thing though is rents have eased a bit compared to the spring/summer so they probably can't expect to get a lot more for your apartment now - this is to say that the monetary incentive to evict isn't as wild as it was a year ago. Anyway I don't want to argue about whether exploitative applies to all landlords. Just assume I know that the general opinion of redditors is that they are.

OK, beyond that, this is what landlords are going to care about with pets:

- Complaints from other people in the building, etc. This shouldn't be a big deal with a cat (no barking, generally no waste to clean up in common areas) but you never know. If you are thinking of a cat that leaves the apartment this is a bigger deal. Noone wants hairballs or piles of cat vomit in the halls.

- damage to the apartment. The same way all landlords suck all landlords think all tenants are recalcitrant slobs. Which is to say that they then don't take care to make sure that the cat isn't peeing on the rugs or clawing the millwork or whatever. Again, cats much easier than dogs in this manner.

There's a reason most places are more accommodating to cats than dogs. Though I am a dog person myself they require a lot more effort to keep from annoying the neighbors.

I would probably ask. But Strive has a bad rep.

If you get an emotional support animal letter to support you with mental health from a doctor (could even be an np or pa i think), they cannot discriminate against people w accomodations from disabilities under the fair housing act. I don't know how this would work under an existing lease but maybe when it comes time to renew you could use that.

How much is your security deposit? Is the risk of losing that worth a pet to you? If yes, then go for it

Edit to add: evicting could take a decent amount of time and effort on the landlords part. More likely would be just not renewing your lease

Maybe the Village Green Virtual School charter school will expand, they occupy most of the first floor of that building.

Joe at Strive is a pile of human waste. Do whatever you want, respecting your neighbor is a higher priority than anyone at Strive’s opinions. I lived in Providence in a property owned by Strive and as long as you pay rent they could give two shits less about you and your wellbeing. Get the cat and be happy. Fuck your landlord.

yeah that’s my biggest fear. i’m not local so if I get tossed, I have no where to go. do you think it’s worth asking? rive only rented a little bit but i’m a good tenant, I always pay rent early or on time, I don’t cause issues and keep to myself.

You really shouldn't willfully violate your lease like that.

The landlord can compel you to remove the pet and, if you refuse, evict you.

You don't know what's going on with the exterminator's question. It could just be a routine protocol he has to ask everyone. Other tenants may have leases that allow pets. Other tenants may have service animals. Your lease says no pets, so unless you want to risk being tossed out in this rental market...

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