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Landlords and platforms warn rental-bill package would curb tenant representation, hurt seasonal renters and reduce agent jobs
Summary
Multiple landlords, rental platforms and attorneys opposed a set of proposed bills that would limit tenant-paid broker fees and shorted the allowable lease-signing window to 90 days before a start date, saying the language is ambiguous, would curtail tenant choice and harm students and small landlords.
A string of landlord representatives, rental-platform executives and attorneys told the Joint Committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure they oppose several tenant- and landlord-related bills that together would ban most tenant-paid broker fees and shorten the rental-signing window to 90 days before a lease start date.
Witnesses named bills including House Bill 335, House Bill 336, House Bill 374, Senate Bill 224 / House Bill 449 and Senate Bill 268 and argued the package — as written — could ban tenants from retaining brokers, limit…
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