Won’t fix AC because of a dog?

The air conditioner in one family s apartment is broken It s been that way for days and they re suffering It seems the landlord won t repair it so they turned to Help Me Howard with Patrick Fraser It s stunningly hot outside Even hotter inside for Marisol and her family Marisol Pagan The AC broke in our apartment That would make life tough for anyone especially Marvin Marisol Pagan He has cerebral palsy and he wears diapers He s years old but he has a state of mind of years old On the day we were there it was degrees inside the apartment Marisol Pagan It s been unbearable I mean we re basically miserable at times Marvin doesn t understand what s going on leaving him irritated and angry at the discomfort Marisol Pagan Acted very aggressive and he charged at me and then he went ahead and he scratched me here When Marvin gets upset his boxer Booster who s dependably with him comes to calm him down Marisol Pagan You see the dog is right next to him That s where the dog stays So they have a very special bond I think they ve had it for over eight years A sweet calm dog and believe it or not Marisol says he is the reason the property manager won t fix the AC Marisol Pagan And I stated her Listen I can t deal with this heat Can you please come and fix it She s like No they re not going in there because that dog is too big ' Marisol offered to take the dog to a park while the air conditioner was repaired but Marvin s grandmother thinks they are trying to get Booster permanently removed She notified News in Spanish And I m never going to take that puppy away from him because this is part of my grandson s life When we spoke to Marisol it was the th straight day with no air conditioning Marvin was showing the effects of the heat Marisol Pagan Yeah he started bleeding three times already He bled through his nose Marisol is concerned about Marvin but it s hurting her as well Marisol Pagan And I had seizures for It took a couple of minutes for that seizure to go away and it was due to the heatstroke I just couldn t breathe They ve tried sleeping on the balcony They can t afford a hotel can t afford to move out and can t believe what s happening to them Marisol Pagan And spoke to her again and nothing The same thing Remove the dog or I m not going to fix it ' Well can a manager refuse to fix your air conditioner because of a dog Howard Howard Finkelstein No You have a right to a arrangement or emotional advocacy animal in your apartment and the landlord cannot refuse to fix the AC because you have a dog They can require you to put the animal in a bedroom while the repair is being done But if they still refuse to fix the air conditioner file a complaint with the state or federal governing body We will give you the links Maybe it was a coincidence but the day we were at the complex the repairman came by and fixed the air conditioner The dog was put in a separate room I yearned to know why the dog had anything to do with the -day delay The property manager didn t return my calls and when we went to the office to leave a card to call us the person there handed it back to us We went to the corporate office The door was locked I left a card asking them to call me They did not After the AC was running and the apartment was cooled off Marisol didn t want to talk to us anymore But we don t mind the family got what they demanded Thirteen days with no air conditioning I cannot imagine it And one more note If something like this happens to you you can get rent money back since it took too long to fix the air conditioner Also Howard mentioned filing complaints about housing issues The links are under this story Things heating up in your life Tired of just chilling Flip the switch to us cause we won t dog it while trying to help you With this Help Me Howard I m Patrick Fraser News CONTACT HELP ME HOWARD Email helpmehoward wsvn comReporter Patrick Fraser at pfraser wsvn comMiami-Dade - -WSVNBroward - -WSVN FOR MORE INFO Federal ComplaintState of Florida Complaint