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Trending: No Pet, No Lease — This Place Doesn't Just Allow Dogs, It Requires Them

You want a unit in a highly desired 12-unit complex? You better bring Fido along in the rare event of a vacancy.

By Penny Arévalo

We've all heard of apartment houses that don't allow pets. But one landlord in North Hollywood won't let you rent from her unless you have a pet.

You read correctly. No pet. No lease.

Judy Guth has owned her 12-unit apartment house for some 40 years, CBS Los Angeles reports. And it's been the same since the beginning. You don't even have to pay a security deposit. 

Instead, you get brand new carpeting, reports the LA Daily News

Sounds like a pretty good deal to us.

In the event of an untimely pet passing, Guth has even been known to accompany a tenant to the shelter to select a new four-legged companion, says the Daily News

A sign out front modestly says, "'A Nice Place to Live' with Pets."

Contacted by several members of the media, the Los Angeles City Attorney's office says there's no law against mandating pets. 

Guth, 84, told CBS she's willing to sell the property -- but only if they continue the tradition of keeping it pets-only. 


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