The conservation pitch with an eviction notice attached
Tenants who paid their rent are getting evicted over utility fees marketed as cost recovery.
Source article: Add-on utility fees lead to evictions for low-income US tenants.
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- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- civil rights, consumer goods, disaster, discrimination, welfare
- Primary entities
- Greystar, Conservice, Federal Trade Commission, Constance Soule, Lucie Hollingsworth, Virgil Square Tenants Association, Rob Bonta, Legal Aid of Marin, Mission Rock Residential, Equity Residential
- Themes
- Tenant evictions, Add-on utility fees, Tenant organizing, Housing regulation
- Floor values engaged
- Equality & fairness, Accountability of power, human_life_and_dignity