Patti Blackman    |    Denver    ,    Colorado 80203    Landlord Complaint 23-2142

This is my full document I am sending to them: ****************** May 24, 2013 Brownstone Realty Ltd. 789 Sherman St # 320 Denver, CO 80203 RE: Violation of Disabled Tenant Rights Dear Brownstone Realty, I have on numerous occasions informed you of my disability and needs requiring close and safe access to my vehicle and trash pickup location. You have now closed off access to the trash pickup point* and parking**. These are unreasonable conditions for a person with my disability. In your letter dated May 15, 2013, you demand I pay for “repair***” of the fence and are increasing my monthly rent by $200 (a 25% increase). This letter and its actions are clearly in retaliation to my continued assertion of rights to reasonable accommodations for the disabled. To resolve this issue I request the following: 1. Open the fence as it was before your “repair***” so I can access trash pickup and my vehicle. 2. (a) Allow me to park in the back of the property in front of the garage or (b) in the car port at the back door of the house I rent. 3. At the very least allow me to park short term at the car port at the back door of the house I rent for reasonable activities a person with my disability may need. This being in addition to 2 (a). 4. An agreement in writing and without the need of a long term lease that the rent will not increase for at least one year (until after May 31st 2014). If you cannot meet these reasonable requests I will have no choice but to file complaints and charges with the proper authorities, both federal and state, for violation of laws meant to protect the disabled and to seek other remedies I have rights to pursue. I expect a response in writing by June 10 Sincerely, William Coleman Tenant of: 275 S. Garfield St. Denver, CO 80209 (720) 259-1638 *This requires me to laboriously drag trash cans around the outside of the property to the pickup location and back after pickup which severely compromises my condition. ** The neighbor has been parking in front of the garage since their move in (more than 4 years I believe) and there is clearly enough room for 2 vehicles. *** The fence was not broken; it was constructed like a gate and was fully open-able and closable, and as your representatives stated to me before renting the place, was intended and used by previous tenants as access for trash pickup. I therefore deny owing any charges for the “repairs” you made.