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Senate panel votes to print bill limiting rental application fees to two households at a time
Summary
The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee voted to send RS31865C2 to print. Sponsor told the committee the draft bill would bar landlords from charging application fees to more than two prospective households at once and require fees be tied to actual screening costs, with narrow exceptions for waiting lists and student housing.
The Senate Judiciary and Rules Committee voted to send RS31865C2—draft legislation that would limit rental application fees—to print for a public hearing.
“Right now currently if a landlord has an opening for a unit they can accept all of the applications and charge everyone an application fee. This will change things so that...you can only charge 2 households at a time,” said Senator Ali Rabie, the bill sponsor, describing the draft as a consumer-protection…
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