FTC Takes Action Against Invitation Homes for Deceiving Renters, Charging Junk Fees, Withholding Security Deposits, and Employing Unfair Eviction Practices
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The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against Invitation Homes, the country’s largest landlord of single-fami

“The corporate landlord will also be required to clearly disclose its leasing prices, establish policies and procedures to handle security deposit refunds fairly, and stop other unlawful behavior.”

  • itsprobablyfine@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    2 months ago

    So I’ve gotten that impression but admit I haven’t been following closely. Could you give like a tldr top 5 or something? Hard to Google that kind of thing

    • phdepressed@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      18·
      2 months ago
      1. Generally stopping mergers to prevent monopolies such as preventing Nvidia from buying ARM in 2022
      2. Right to repair being FTC policy from July 2021
      3. Big pharma drug prices being too high (e.g. insulin and inhalers).
      4. She at least tried some stuff against Meta and Microsoft (but those were unsuccessful) but at least she tried-more than any previous FTC chair anyway.
      5. Right in this article, housing prices, this isn’t the first landlord/owner class she’s gone against.