Thanks for writing
It's not fair to suggest someone move because you're not "wanted " moving is expensive and for many of us need to live close to transit
I hope your situation gets resolved and your landlords admit they were wrong and jerks and apologize
Kate
DC
--- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "James C. Childs" <harken2@...> wrote:
>
> Robert:
>     name is Jim I to hayou & your wife (espicaly your wife) because the american with disables act. By useing this you should get a lawyer & you also by law have the RIGHT  to ask the building inspector befor the removeable of any handycap ramps or aids & have the city you live in say so & if they aggree the city will help you set a deadline that ye has to replace or fix it. If ye refuses than you'll have the perfect ADA law suit you can take againist the landlord.
> Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Jim
>
> From: Robert Shaffer <robert_shaffer51@...>
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 2:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [epilepsy] Re: landlord discrimination & sad update
>
>
> Â
> Hello. My name is Bob, and I too, have Epilepsy. It is a lifelong problem for
> me, as it began as the result of a large tumor being removed from my brain when
> I was 16 months old. However, unlike in years past, my seizures have become
> both less frequent, and less powerful. My (fiancee, at the time) Beth, is in a
> wheelchair. My then landlord had a ramp on the side of the house, but chained
> it off, claiming it was unsafe. It was okay for his mother, so why was it
> suddenly unsafe? I broke my lease, and moved out.
>
> My wife and I now live in 2 separate apartments, in the same apartment building,
> as she needs space for her equipment. We make it work.
>
> Good luck!
> Bob B.
>
> ________________________________
> From: Steve <stephenpales@...>
> To: epilepsy@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sun, May 29, 2011 12:55:05 PM
> Subject: [epilepsy] Re: landlord discrimination & sad update
>
> Hi Brian,
>
> I want to thank you for sharing with us how much your housing has affected your
> life because of epilepsy. Most people with epilepsy post about the general talk
> about epilepsy. Though epilepsy affects all our lives in different ways like
> you are sharing with us. I just want to thank you for keeping us up to date on
> what you have been dealing with!
>
> And Brian, don't Feel in anyway that you shouldn't vent out to us!!! We all
> reach points when we need friends to vent out to. And here, we all are friends,
> and are here to listen and give support to each other!
>
> Steve
>
> --- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "fakeMacGyver" <nairbrian@> wrote:
> >
> > Dear Mrs. Tapscott:
> >
> > Thanks for writing again. I wish you the best, too, with your health and I will
> >pray for your healing. I've only broken my collarbone in a fall from a seizure
> >at the end of 2010. I've never broken anything before and I can't imagine how it
> >must have been for you.
> >
> > Yes, of course I wouldn't expect anybody to clean my apartment. No, her
> >complaints were about cleaning up anything in the hallway, how they don't know
> >how to and shouldn't have to when it comes to "bio-hazardous material". Also,
> >they spoke of what if I had a seizure in the apartment and they had to break
> >down my door to get to me. Trying to remove/punish me because of a "what if" is
> >wrong, too.
> >
> > I have maybe two major seizures a year. Usually, when I have a problem, I
> >automatically seem to head into the hallway after I call 911 on my own. I usally
> >grab my keys in time, too. The lady also wrote of how it was annoying how, if I
> >return from a hospital, I might not have my keys and one of their sons would
> >have to let me in. That's something they are there for, too. Once, so I would
> >even have to deal with them, I called a locksmith and that was about $70 which
> >is a lot when I get SSD.
> >
> > The "Tameren" LLC is apparently just the husband and wife who live
> >elsewhere...but they have a couple of sons living in apartments in this building
> >and they are always cleaning. Apparently, it was one of them that complained to
> >their mom. The lady then contact the Housing Authority instead of even asking me
> >about things. In here letter to the HUD, she mentions of how she's concerned for
> >her health and that of her sons "handling bio-hazardous material" and that her
> >son was "worried that Brian would choke on his own vomit". Obviously they don't
> >know anything about first aid for a person with a seizure.
> >
> >
> > I did speak with the landlady in the beginning and she's ridiculous. I remember
> >her saying that
> > "Why don't you clean up your own vomit, then?" I was never rude during our talk
> >but she surely was. I remember my final words to her were "That's too bad."
> >which I said while shaking my head, feeling sorry for her attitude a little bit.
> >
> > Also, during the investigation the Civil Rights Division made, they mentioned
> >that I wasn't appreciative of their help. What is that...opening the door to the
> >building for the paramedics after they called them, which I would have no
> >knowldege of? Paramedics don't always have to be called; again they aren't
> >educated.
> >
> > She could have had the decency to express her concerns to me and I could have
> >given details about the condition. The people at the Housing Authority never
> >knew I had the condition and, to me, the landlady telling them is a privacy
> >violation. I'm a very private person. To the investigator, it was just
> >"informative" in nature.
> >
> > I guess there is nobody but the husband/wife and sons to mention problems too.
> >She handles the money, the sons clean, and the man does maintenance (whenever he
> >feels like it, when it comes to me it seems).
> >
> > She even wrote that she thought I would be best in supervised location, then
> >denied it in a response to the investigator. The place that she claimed to have
> >visited a former tenant...a place she thought I would be best in...was a place
> >for just seniors. I'm 37.
> >
> > The attorney who helped me in the past never spoke with the management; it was
> >just through a letter. The letter that was sent to the Housing Authority was
> >also mailed to the management. This attorney was from South Jersey Regional (I
> >believe that's what it's now called; it used to be Camden Regional) and they
> >have an office in my town. They helped me to understand how I didn't have to
> >move becuase of the landlord's statements and I stayed. The wanted to be
> >"proactive" and what they wrote helped.
> >
> > These people I spoke of who are in charge of the building are the same as when
> >they bought the place in 1998, I believe. I lived here since approx. 1994.
> >Hmmm...'secret shoppers'. I would love to know what would happen if someone was
> >able to try to get an apartment here and mentioned that they have seizures. I
> >wonder what they would be told. Maybe I can get a friend to find out for me.
> >
> > I wonder if I could just file in Small Claims and go directly at the
> >management. Yet I guess that is just for specific money-damages and not for
> >someone who wants closure on a discrimination situation.
> >
> > I've contacted a lawyer referral service, where someone can recommend an
> >attorney who I could talk to for $25 for the first half hour and then I could
> >hire the person if I chose. It wouldn't be free, but apparently the South Jersey
> >Regional only handles situations where the person is already in trouble.
> >
> > I also have contacted a person by e-mail...a person recommended by another
> >attorney in town. That attorney personally called his attorney friend, who
> >handles civil rights claims, and would have taken my case for free and then I
> >would have paid a part of any winnings to him afterwards. Yet, instead I went
> >the route of filing a complaint with the Division On Civil Rights, which I
> >believe failed me and didn't do a proper investigation. Specifically with not
> >giving me all the information they had although their findings state that they
> >did. As I surely mentioned elsewhere, I don't see how the management, at the
> >least, didn't discriminate. It's claimed that the "evidence shows a Respondent
> >who was willing to let him remain on the premises despite their concerns". I
> >never thought for a moment they were concerned about me; they are concerned
> >about any messes or a 'what if he chokes on his own vomit' situation.
> >
> > So the recommended attorney told me that if I still needed his help I could get
> >in touch with him and I'll be waiting for a response. I guess it was his choice
> >to represent me before for nothing at the start and he thought it was an
> >interesting case? I hope he's still interested once he knows of the recent
> >events.
> >
> > Well, thanks for reading and writing. I surely hope that I never come across
> >angry in any of my writings here, expressing my anger about the management and
> >now the Civil Rights Division in an improper location.
> >
> > Everyone here has been great and I appreciate it.
> >
> > - Brian
> >
> > --- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, "Amy Tapscott" <amymknipp@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Brian, I was under the impression they were coming into your apartment and
> >cleaning up. I didn't realize it was in the hallways. That is entirely
> >different. And you are absolutely correct, when we have seizures we are
> >unconscious and are not aware what happened. My most recent occurrence was last
> >month and I had 3 massive grand mals right in a row. I was considered status
> >epilepticus. I fell in my home and fractured my skull and have two hematomas on
> >my brain. There is a course of several days I have no memory of whatsoever. I
> >think that them cleaning the hallways is completely reasonable, as you aren't
> >physically able to do it, and if they are showing any apartments near yours,
> >they need to be clean. We normally would clean the hallways on a regular basis
> >anyway. Have you contacted the management company directly, and not just the
> >employees who work there? It could very well just be the employees who are
> >causing the issue and not the company itself. I know you filed suit and your
> >attorney probably talked with them. I am wondering if a change in staff would
> >ease the problems? Most apartments here have a high turnover rate, basically
> >because the employees have quotas they have to meet when renting an apartment,
> >they have to stay within budget and get good reviews from "secret shoppers".
> >Has there been new employees that suddenly started causing these problems for
> >you? Now this has me upset, since it does sound like they are discriminating
> >other people as well. We can't tell people who they can and can't have for
> >guests! Best of luck. If you were here in Florida I could get you some help
> >through Legal Aid.
> > >
> > > Amy
> >
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