in my opinion i don't think that i would request a specific monetary amount because yes it can be nice to have that extra money,but the problem is simply that it does not take that long for that money to be all spent up.rather than that i think i would request some security like a guarantee that i would always have a place to live that is satisfactory to my needs (i don't mean to be kept in an apartment overrun with some type of vermin either).if he wanted to have ya removed,get him where it hurts.get them to guarantee you that the place you are living can never have you removed or evicted from...at their cost.
--- On Tue, 8/3/10, fakeMacGyver <nairbrian@hotmail.com> wrote:
From: fakeMacGyver <nairbrian@hotmail.com>
Subject: [epilepsy] landlord discrimination UPDATE
To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 4:06 PM
Readers may have known of my situation that began in March, where the landlord didn't want to renew the lease because of seizures (which she specifically stated in her letter to the Housing Authority, who help with my rent).
I had been in the process of filing a civil rights complaint and have been waiting for the results of that. Today, I spoke to the caseworker in charge who told me that they were about to complete the investigation and wanted to give me the opportunity to state a monetary amount that would be suitable to me to end the case. Because it's not a court with a jury and so-forth, he said that some people had said, for example, $100,000 in other cases but that was not likely. The man acts as a mediator between the two sides. He said in his experience, he's had requests as low as $300 and up to $8,000 on average.
So, I want to hear what others think. He said that he followed up on epilepsy classes/education and they do exist. That's something I think this landlady and 20-something kids who live in the building should do. He told me that, whatever I say, is all just requests and the 'respondents' might not agree to my terms. I would want them to be educated and specifically to not have the kids cleaning up the building. The landlady already wrote that she nor her family are qualified, so I think that there should be a cleaning service that is qualified -- for anybody who might have some sort of accident her.
Along with these, I surely would like a monetary amount because this was not a pleasant situation for me. I want to hear what others think:
- what would be an amount you'd be satisfied with?
- what else do you think you'd want if you were in such a situation?
I'm also thinking that there should be a flyer posted that the building does not discriminate (even though they already did). In fact, there's already specific items that most buildings, I thought, have already posted about not discriminating.
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