Jeder vierte japanische Mieter in Unterkünften, in denen Haustiere verboten sind, hält sie heimlich. Ein Anwalt sagt, eine Räumung sei nicht so einfach. Der Vermieter muss zunächst wiederholt abmahnen und Schäden in Form von üblen Gerüchen, Lärm, der andere Mieter stört, usw. nachweisen.

I once tried to be good and told my real estate agent that I have an indoor cat and he just said „I’m going to pretend I never heard that and offer you this non-pet friendly apartment anyway.“ I got the apartment and had zero trouble even with my cat clearly lounging in the window almost every day.

I know they’re secretly keeping them omg, I am 100 percent certain that my neighbor has a cat. there were several (and by several, it happened twice haha) time where there was a cat just right next to my washing machine in the balcony. As someone who doesn’t know how to deal with animals (I did not grow up around animals) I panicked. I remembered that my lease explicitly states no pets are allowed in the building and wondered why the heck does my neighbor keep a cat. Should I tell the building manager or my real estate agent? But I decided to mind my own business as the cat is not causing any trouble in my space.

After those 2 encounters with the cat, I have never seen the furry creature since.

It should be illegal for landlords to disallow smaller pets like cats. You’re infringing on the freedom of tenants for not that important an issue. You’re already collecting money from the tenant for repairs and will surely bill for any damage anyways. Who cares? Most cats don’t damage anything and aren’t overly noisy.