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Landlords, tenants and platforms spar over bills that would restrict broker fees and shorten rental timelines
Summary
Landlords, local platforms and tenants offered conflicting views on bills that would restrict tenant-paid broker fees, change dual-agency rules and shorten the lease-signing window to 90 days, warning of unintended market disruptions for students and small landlords.
Lawmakers heard sharply contrasting testimony on a set of rental-market bills that would limit or ban tenant-paid broker fees, constrain when leases can be signed for upcoming academic-cycle move-ins and affect broker/landlord listing practices.
Opponents' testimony focused on the practical impact of a 90-day window for lease signing and on a broad prohibition they said could bar tenant-paid representation. Trevor Turner, owner of Turner Farms Real Estate, said a 90-day limit on signing or renewing leases would compress the peak September 1 rental season into a short period and drive bidding wars, group tours and a poorer experience for renters, particularly students and out-of-town…
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