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DeKalb discusses tenant-protection bill and water-bill charge-back option
Summary
The committee reviewed a tenant-protection item (House Bill 687) to require landlords to disclose fees and discussed a water-bill leak proposal to allow tenants to have bills forgiven and recover costs from landlords — staff said statutory changes may be needed to charge owners.
DeKalb County commissioners reviewed a tenant-protection measure that would require property owners to disclose fees in advertisements and lease agreements and discussed related proposals to allow the county to forgive tenant water bills for leaks and charge owners who fail to repair.
Dan Baskerville explained the disclosure proposal (House Bill 687) and said it had been…
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