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鈥淚t was a big one-bedroom apartment. It had these beautiful views all the way down, like you could see the entire L.A. Basin,鈥� says Katie Clark of her home of 15 years, which burned in the in January 2025. The Eaton fire, along with the , burned 37,000 acres around Los Angeles, and dumping renters like Katie into a market 鈥渦nbelievably hostile under the best of circumstances.鈥�

It wasn鈥檛 just Clark and her husband who lost a beloved home in Altadena, where they had deep roots鈥攕o deep that Katie is a highly active member of the . The couple also have a terrier, Ginger, a 鈥渧ery good dog,鈥� who constrained their ability to find new housing. Some landlords flatly refused to rent to tenants with pets, while others demanded high pet deposits or monthly pet rents that made already-stratospheric pricing unsustainable.聽

鈥淭here鈥檚 not a world in which we can go someplace without our dog. She鈥檚 part of our family,鈥� says Clark, who goes on to explain she got lucky, comparatively. After a brief time in a hotel, she, her husband, and Ginger found a home in Pomona, 40 minutes away from Altadena, which, Clark is quick to say, is still home to her. 

鈥淚 don鈥檛 think of myself as leaving Altadena,鈥� she explains. 鈥淚 think of myself as temporarily displaced.鈥�

She鈥檚 not alone: 2.5 million people across the U.S. were , the most recent year for which data is available. 

compared to . Nationwide, the U.S. Census Bureau found , especially households of color, are 鈥渃ost burdened鈥�; in Los Angeles, . In the immediate aftermath of the fires, , despite . 

Amid a national housing crisis that鈥檚 exacerbated in disasters such as the L.A. fires, Hurricane Helene, and Hurricane Harvey, there鈥檚 a particular slice of renters who are sometimes forgotten: those among the . As renters who have lost everything鈥攐r been displaced by those who can afford to pay more鈥攕cramble to find new housing, they need their pets, who can and . 

No-pets policies, as well as breed, weight, size, and number restrictions, make it difficult for families to find homes. Even when landlords allow pets, additional deposits and tacked-on, nonrefundable 鈥減et rent鈥� are essentially . 鈥淭hese layers of fees and charges related to pets, with the majority of those charges not being refundable,鈥� act as 鈥渁 revenue stream for landlords,鈥� argues consultant Lauren Loney, who specializes in pet-inclusive housing.聽

Animal welfare and housing advocates are finally understanding that pets are a housing issue. Renters feel squeezed into housing without pets, or homelessness with them. , as well as the ability to pay for care, are why people surrender their pets.

Getting to 鈥淧ets Welcome鈥�

In a tangled, complicated housing market, this is actually a very fixable problem. 

From a regulatory perspective, pet deposits can and should be limited, along with other rental deposits. States have highly variable laws around as a deposit, from three times or more the monthly rent to just one month, many with additional fees applying to pets and furnished units. In addition, similar bounds on 鈥減et rent鈥� can also make housing more affordable, and spare pet guardians the bait and switch of securing a rental only to discover that it鈥檚 more expensive than advertised.聽

Ross Barker, who leads the  at Michelson Found Animals (MFA), argues there鈥檚 an distinction between pet-friendly and pet-inclusive housing. 

According to MFA鈥檚 research, 鈥減et-friendly鈥� housing can come with barriers such as breed, size, and species restrictions; an ad might say the property 鈥渨elcomes dogs,鈥� for example, but the fine print may limit that to a single dog under 35 pounds. Other housing might allow cats and dogs, but not parrots and rabbits. 

Barker argues that true 鈥減et-inclusive鈥� housing includes all pets, and the distinction between pet-friendly and pet-inclusive housing needs to be resolved to expand access to the rental market. 鈥淎bout 80% of all rentals allow pets, that sounds pretty good,鈥� he says. 鈥淪o why are so many people struggling to find housing?鈥澛�

Seventy-two percent of renters report , according to the organization鈥檚 research, citing issues such as fees and restrictions that make housing searches challenging. In Los Angeles, they found only 67% of housing allowed pets, and after eliminating properties that charged pet fees or had restrictions on the types of pets renters can have, that number dropped to 8%. 

Resistant property owners might want to reconsider: that while pet guardians pay an average of $864 in deposits, damage (in the 10% of households where it occurs) costs around $210, with many renters electing to cover these costs themselves. Tenants with pets also stay 21% longer, cutting down on costs associated with turnover.

, a 2024 bill in California, would have limited pet rents and restrictions, but it was . In Colorado, barred additional deposits of more than $300 and pet rent over $35 or 1.5% of monthly rent. A currently under congressional review seeks to regulate breed and size limits, fees, and pet restrictions in shelters. In Los Angeles County, a proposal in December 2024 to study issues related to pets and housing.

No Pet Left Behind

Clark is also a strong endorser of tenant unions being a possible solution to this issue, as they allow renters to build strength, solidarity, and connections. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e a member of your community, and you shouldn鈥檛 be treated like a second-class citizen just because you don鈥檛 own property,鈥� she says. 

Being a renter doesn鈥檛 make residents less engaged. Clark has served on the since 2018 and explains that the library is playing an active role in supporting the community after the wildfires, including setting up wifi hotspots, distributing hygiene kits, and working with L.A. County to provide services to kids displaced by closed schools.聽

Looking to the aftermath of the Lahaina fires on Maui, she says renters were 鈥渓eft to their own devices,鈥� a common phenomenon for a community that can be challenging to organize. 

Finally, considering the needs of evacuees with pets needs to be part of disaster planning. U.S. emergency planners learned a stark lesson from Hurricane Katrina, when around 250,000 pets were left to weather the storm, with , even as some people refused to evacuate without their pets, while buses and shelters refused to take pets with their guardians. 

The response of a horrified public pushed Congress to pass the . The PETS Act requires the inclusion of animals in evacuation and sheltering planning, with some regions, such as New York, implementing highly successful animal disaster planning, while others, such as Texas, . 

Hurricane Katrina also changed emergency response for animal welfare organizations such as Humane World for Animals, a major player in disaster response , with organizations, for example, freeing room in local shelters by transporting existing populations of adoptable animals out of area and to increase the chances of reunions.  

People in the United States love animals, from A Quiet Place鈥檚 and I Am Legend鈥檚 to real-world counterparts such as , , and the . That devotion is sometimes expensive鈥攑et guardians spent more than , according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics鈥攁nd heartbreaking, with animals leading short, vibrant lives.聽

Fully pet-inclusive housing would open up opportunities to keep pets and their people securely housed as loyal, long-term tenants building community, just like Clark in Altadena. 鈥淭here will be another crisis,鈥� Clark says, and 鈥渨hatever that next crisis is, attention will shift, and all the folks in Altadena are still going to be dealing with this鈥�this is going to be a really long road.鈥�