FTC Takes Action Against Invitation Homes for Deceiving Renters, Charging Junk Fees, Withholding Security Deposits, and Employing Unfair Eviction Practices
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The Federal Trade Commission is taking action against Invitation Homes, the country’s largest lan

“The corporate landlord will also be required to clearly disclose its leasing prices, establish policies and procedures to handle security deposit refunds fairly, and stop other unlawful behavior.”

  • @[email protected]English
    53•2 months ago

    Lina Khan is one of my favorite people in the US government right now, the FTC has been doing such good work under her

    • @[email protected]English
      5•1 month ago

      So I’ve gotten that impression but admit I haven’t been following closely. Could you give like a tldr top 5 or something? Hard to Google that kind of thing

      • @[email protected]English
        18•1 month ago
        1. Generally stopping mergers to prevent monopolies such as preventing Nvidia from buying ARM in 2022
        2. Right to repair being FTC policy from July 2021
        3. Big pharma drug prices being too high (e.g. insulin and inhalers).
        4. She at least tried some stuff against Meta and Microsoft (but those were unsuccessful) but at least she tried-more than any previous FTC chair anyway.
        5. Right in this article, housing prices, this isn’t the first landlord/owner class she’s gone against.