We were recently notified that FIREPAW’s Companion Animal Renter’s Program [CARP] was referred to readers by a Washington Post op-ed written by award-winning journalist S.E. Smith. It was a piece about the reported spike in post-pandemic pet dumping in which, rather than pointing fingers at the pet-owners, the author offers more expansive, socio-cultural contextual factors as explanations for pet abandonment in the U.S.
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Excerpt: “People surrender animals to shelters for a variety of reasons…According to an analysis of 1.1 million cases in which owners surrendered cats and dogs commissioned by the Best Friends Animal Society, evictions and other housing issues were cited as driving causes in 13.7 percent of cases. Other research has identified inability to afford care (5 percent), along with “personal problems” (4 percent) such as domestic violence and relocation to nursing homes. A landmark study from the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in 2015 found nearly half of surrenders involved family or housing problems…” (source)
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The FIREPAW
Companion Animal Renters Study [CARS]:
♦ SCIENTIFIC STUDY (in the Archives page, Research Publications segment): Companion Animal Renters and Pet-Friendly Housing in the U.S. Anthrozoos, 18 (1), 59-77. CLICK HERE
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♦ MAGAZINE ARTICLE of the STUDY (in the Archives page): “Companion Animal Renters Study: The Market for Rental Housing for People with Pets” Paws to Think Magazine, Pet Savers Foundation. CLICK HERE
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♦ CONFERENCE PRESENTATION (in the Archives page): “Companion Animal Renters: Dispelling the Myths,” Scheduled speaker at The Healing Power of the Human-Animal Bond: Companion Animals & Society Conference, PAWS-San Francisco & PAWS-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California Abstract–PDF (For more on this topic, see the Research Publications segment)
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♦ CONFERENCE PRESENTATION of the STUDY (in the Archives page): “Companion Animal Renters Study Presentation: The Pet Abandonment and Rental Housing Link” conference presentation slideshow. POWERPOINT; POWERPOINT; PDF
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♦ CONFERENCE PRESENTATION of the STUDY (in the Archives page): “The Housing Market for Renters with Companion Animals: Are Markets Efficient? ” United States Society for Ecological Economics (USSEE) Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY. PDF
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♦ CONFERENCE PRESENTATION of the STUDY (in the Archives page): “Attitudes toward Companion Animal Adoption and Contextual Factors Relating to Abandonment”, American Sociological Association Conference, Animals & Society Section, Atlanta, GA. PDF
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♦ Encyclopedia CHAPTER of the STUDY (in the Archives page): Domestic pets and housing. International Encyclopedia of Housing and Home, Elsevier Publishing Group, MS. 282. Get your copy here
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♦ BOOK of the STUDY & PROGRAM (in the Books page): Pets Welcome! How Landlords Can Make More Money by Going Pet-Friendly…This book is based in part on the findings of the authors’ groundbreaking national Companion Animal Renters Study. Among other things, the study examined rentals with regard to pet-friendly/pets prohibited status, a variety of financial and economic factors, rental, deposit, turnover and damage histories, rental tendencies and trends, and landlords’ personal beliefs and attitudes about allowing companion animal renters.
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♦ VIDEO of the Companion Animal Renters STUDY & PROGRAM (in the Pets and Rental Housing Page): Pet-Friendly Rentals from FIREPAW…A FIREPAW educational video about the economic realities of renting to tenants with pets.*
Created for landlords, rental property owners and tenants with pets, the video explores the findings from FIREPAW’s national scientific research study on companion animal renters published in the peer-reviewed international journal Anthrozoos and book written especially for landlords: Pets Welcome! How Landlords can Make More Money by Going Pet-Friendly
*Based on findings from the national Companion Animal Renters Study [CARS] and the Companion Animal Renters Program [CARP].
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The FIREPAW
Companion Animal Renters Program [CARP]
♦ PROGRAM MATERIALS FOR LANDLORDS AND TENANTS with PETS (in the Companion Animal Renters Program Materials page): Companion Animal Renters Program Materials:
√ CARP-Tenants Info Pkt-LANDLORD Version
√ CARP-Tenants Information Packet
√ CARP BROCHURE Pg 1 and 2 New
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♦ RENTAL PROPERTY OWNER PACKET MATERIALS (in the Companion Animal Renters Program Materials page): Companion Animal Renters Program (CARP) for Landlords and Companion Animal Renters Study (CARS) Materials:
√ CARP Landlord Program Outline
√ Chapter 6-Making sure tenants’ pets are Rental Ready-EDITED
√ CARS AW Journal Publication-FINAL-Anthrozoos
√ CARP – Friends of Animals Article
√ CARP BROCHURE Pg 1 and 2 New
√ Newspaper article-Phil Arkow
√ CARP-Tenants Information Packet
√ CARS Website Version-Exec Summary
√ CARS Scientific Study-Anthrozoos
√ Pets Welcome: How Landlords Can Make More Money by Going Pet-Friendly (Our Book)
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♦ TELEVISION SHOW about the Companion Animal Renters PROGRAM (in the Pets and Rental Housing Page page): FIREPAW Television Program for Landlords and Tenants of Companion Animal Renters
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♦ BOOK of the Companion Animal Renters PROGRAM (in the Books page): Pets Welcome! How Landlords Can Make More Money by Going Pet-Friendly…This book is based in part on the findings of the authors’ groundbreaking national Companion Animal Renters Study. Among other things, the study examined rentals with regard to pet-friendly/pets prohibited status, a variety of financial and economic factors, rental, deposit, turnover and damage histories, rental tendencies and trends, and landlords’ personal beliefs and attitudes about allowing companion animal renters.
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Other useful information on Pets and Housing
♦ VIDEO (in the Companion Animal Renters Program Materials page):: Strategies and Tips for Keeping Your Pets After the Move… Pets, Moving and Relocation Stress explores the unique problems–and solutions–of the effects of relocation stress and moving with pets (including problems securing pet-friendly housing). A “must see” for anyone who is planning to move and has companion animal family members.
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