We are so excited to kick off our 2018 blog with an interview with Cadence Real Estate‘s Senior Real Estate Agent – Katie Conover. Cadence Real Estate is a company based in Seattle, Washington that understands that all dogs are individuals and that all dogs are family.   MPBIF: Tell us about the pet policy that Cadence Real Estate has for it’s properties? Katie: No breed or weight restrictions! $200 refundable deposit (per pet) and $50/month pet rent (per pet). We have also allowed a pig, birds, and reptiles (on a case by case approval basis). MPBIF: How long has Cadence Real Estate accepted ..read more

This fall we teamed up with Best Friends Animal Society to do research on rental pet policies in Chicago, IL. Each volunteer made calls to “dog friendly” apartments in the Chicagoland area to see if they were truly dog friendly. This is the story of one of those volunteers.  My Volunteer Experience – By Carol T. Volunteering to make calls for the Chicago Housing Project for  My Pit Bull is Family has been a very discouraging and an eye-opening experience. The majority of the apartments in Chicago do not accept all dogs.  I decided to volunteer for this project as next year I am hoping to sell ..read more

In a city where the rent is high, and houses in the sky look down on short haired dogs with floppy ears and wide faces. One Dog worked its big brown eyes and general cuteness to lead her Family on a quest for a home and the safety of a Harbor : A Soul Harbor.  Hello, my name is Anya and this is my story. I was raised by some mean people in a house where all the dogs were sad and angry. There was a lot of barking and fighting. One day two nice ladies found me and got me away from that sad place and took me to an animal rescue.  I really liked it there but I also really wanted a full-time home ..read more

Thank you for your continued support to keep families together through ending housing and insurance discrimination. We know that our voice is being heard around the country because of your support. We’ve been busy in 2017. Here’s what we have been up to recently –    Twin Cities Pride:  TC Pride 2017 was our first time walking in the Pride parade. Our team had an absolute blast walking the route with our dogs to break stereotypes and to “Lick Discrimination”. We also attended the festival all weekend where we were able to pass out housing resources along with having critical conversations ab ..read more

Hello and welcome to our brand new website. We have made the leap from our .com website over to a .org site to show our supporters that we are now a national 501c3 organization. What does that mean for us? The switch means that we can now accept donations and they will be tax deductible along with now having the ability to apply for grants to allow us to continue growing as an organization, which allows us to have a greater reach to assist more families in their housing search. We are really excited for what 2016 will bring for the organization. Our team of national volunteers cont ..read more