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what to do about the noisy neighbors in Salt Lake City, UT.?
Question : what to do about the noisy neighbors in Salt Lake City, UT.?
ok so these neighbors moved in above us about a month ago. i have complained to the management about this on many many occasions. the noise continues every day and sometimes way late into the night. their kids constantly pound and jump on the floor and they are constantly moving something heavy on the floor making my light fixtures and walls vibrate. they are also constantly arguing very very loudly in a different language. i have called the cops twice on them and no one will do anything about it. We wish to get out of our lease, but the management says they can’t/won’t do that. We want to leave this place and move as soon as possible not only because of the noise, but because of the dogs that are living here on the property. When we moved in we were told that this is a pet free place. i have been told that the dogs are all companion animals and they can be here. I have looked into the ADA and found that they cover my asthma and allergies. so basicaly do you think that i could get out of my lease with all the videos of the noise the neighbors are making as well as the info about the ADA covering my rights as someone with a disability.
with the ADA stuff i am severly allergic to dogs and all of our air intake vents are out side in the public area where the dogs currently play and hang out with their people. the dog dander gets sucked in and not even HEPPA filters will filter out that kind of dander. So basicaly they need to get rid of the dogs so i can live here and if they can’t/won’t/don’t then i can sue them for discrimination. it is in their lease that they have to supply everyone with a disability with adequate housing for their disability. the only way to do that is to get rid of the dogs and when we moved in we were told that this place was pet and animal free.
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Answer by Red Walrus
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#2 written by Kirsten 1 year ago
The ADA does not apply to housing unless you live in a state owned housing project. The Fair Housing Amendments Act applies to most housing, but you have to be disabled to qualify for protection. Allergies generally don’t rise to the level of being disabling. Those that do are severe enough to result in anaphylaxis (unconsciousness caused by inability to breathe) and emergency trips to the hospital.
If you still think you qualify as disabled, here’s where you file your complaint: http://portal.hud.gov/portal/page/portal/HUD/topics/housing_discrimination
You will be required to prove you are disabled for them to process the complaint. -
#4 written by Smells like New Screen Names 1 year ago
the reason nobody will do anything is that the amount of noise they’re making isn’t illegal. Illegal noise levels are written into the local code and are very precise.
So you basically want to break your lease using the ADA act to claim that the neighbors dogs make it impossible for you to live there. Despite the dogs being in an entirely different apartment. Do you share a ventilation system with them? If not how exactly does your exposure occur?
Sounds silly. Which means if you hired a lawyer and paid him what you owed in rent, you might win and get your lease broken. The ADA doesn’t allow you to break a contract, it just prevents discrimination based on your disability. It would be illegal to refuse to rent to you because of it, it isn’t a reason to weasel out of a lease.
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Sorry things aren’t going well for you in your housing situation. I live in one of the many Utah Nonprofit Housing apartment buildings in the Salt Lake City area and am really pleased here. My landlord is great, and all of my neighbors are respectful to each other. So, I’m feeling very grateful for my situation at this time.
The remedy that I would recommend to you is to go on this website…www.utcourts.gov…and if you look at the ‘self-help resources’ section, go to the ‘housing’ area…there will be a ‘landlord-tenant’ page and also a ‘tenant rights/laws/protections’ page…these pages should be able to assist you with your neighbor/landlord troubles. Good Luck.