Consumers caught in illegal junk fee traps to receive $48 million

The nation’s largest corporate landlord for single-family home rentals (last month/recently?) was fined $48 million by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for years-long financial abuses of tenants. The firm, Invitation Homes, also will be required to change its practices, and agree to long-term monitoring of its rental activity.According to the September 24 settlement, renters who resided in one of Invitation Homes’ over 33,000 properties between 2018 and 2023 will be the beneficiaries. Its rental properties across the nation are located in both cities and suburbs including – but not limited to: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, and Seattle.