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Senate adopts amendment shifting apartment broker fees to landlords
Summary
The Massachusetts Senate voted to adopt an amendment to prevent brokers' fees from being routinely charged to tenants, instead requiring the party that contracts the broker and benefits from the service to pay.
The Senate adopted an amendment on the budget floor aimed at keeping broker fees for apartment placements from being automatically shifted to tenants.
The amendment, offered by Senator Lydia Edwards, would require the party that contracts and benefits from a broker’s services to pay the broker’s fee; if a landlord engages a broker, the landlord must pay, but a tenant may still voluntarily hire a broker and pay that fee themselves.
Supporters said the current practice has produced large…
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