On September 24, 2025, we posted an alert covering the basics of HB25-1090 (the “Bill”), which prohibits charging residential tenants hidden or “junk fees” and promotes transparency, disclosure, and ...

A group of residents of an Equity Residential building in Los Angeles have had $25K returned to them by their landlord after they went on a monthslong utility fee strike over a utility billing system.

Tenants of two LA apartment buildings are expanding their campaign against a widely-used utility billing system that they allege has more than doubled fees for necessities like water and trash. For ...

A little more than a year after Ratio Utility Billing (RUB) was declared illegal by the Connecticut Supreme Court, some landlords are still using it. Moreover, some billing vendors are still ...