01/01/2026
We own a duplex. We live one unit and rent out the other unit. This place only has a single driveway that fits two cars and we use both of the spots. So we make sure any prospective tenants to the other unit know before hand that the place does not come with a parking spot. Even without a parking spot we’ve never had a tenant have an issue with it since we let them know up front. I was showing the unit to a couple the other day and told them about the parking situation. The woman immediately said that wasn’t going to work and they were going to need a parking spot because their son is disabled. They also brought up them needing to install ramps and other stuff before they moved in. I told them we were fine with them installing ramps and stuff like that, but we weren’t budging on the parking spot. Side note: Parking is really annoying and hard to get in our neighborhood because you can only park on one side of the street. The man said legally we had to give them a parking spot if there was one on the property since their son is disabled. I don’t know about that, but I know for damn sure we do not have to rent to them and they just seemed like the type of people to make things difficult. So I told them that this wasn’t going to work out. They tried to claim I was discriminating against them and that it was illegal. I’m assuming they never rented from owner occupied residences before so I explained how it wasn’t illegal and even showed them proof online that it wasn’t. They really tried to lay on the guilt a lot after that....