Consumer Protections for Tenants

Rental Housing Junk Fees

Protecting renters and rental housing applicants from hidden, misleading, and excessive fees.

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“What the Heck, Dude!”: How States Can Fight Rental Housing Junk Fees

November 13, 2025

This companion report to Too Damn High focuses on steps that state and local governments and advocates can take to address junk fees.

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Report Shows States Stepping up to Fight Rental Housing Junk Fees

November 19, 2025

“What the Heck, Dude!”: How States Can Fight Rental Housing Junk Fees

November 13, 2025

NCLC Letter to MA Budget Conference Committee Re Tenant Broker Fees

June 11, 2025

2025 Consumer Reform Priorities to Protect Tenants

April 18, 2025

Testimony in Support of New Mexico S.B. 267, a Bill Regulating Certain Rental Housing Junk Fees

March 7, 2025

Testimony in Support of Oregon H.B. 2967, a Bill That Would Prohibit Rental Application Fees

February 19, 2025

FTC Rule Stops Short of Protecting Tenants from Junk Fees in Rental Housing

December 17, 2024

Vox: How hidden fees keep renters trapped

October 1, 2024

What the Heck, Dude! New Report Focuses on How States Can Fight Rental Housing Junk Fees

September 5, 2024

Comments & Letters

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NCLC Letter to MA Budget Conference Committee Re Tenant Broker Fees

June 11, 2025

Comments Concerning Rental Housing Junk Fees in Response to the FTC’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

February 7, 2024

Group Comments to the FTC Regarding Rental Housing Junk Fees

February 8, 2023

NCLC & NHLP Comments to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Regarding Fees Imposed by Providers of Consumer Financial Products or Services

April 11, 2022

Comments to CFPB on Junk Fees Charged to Tenants & Rental Housing Applicants

April 11, 2022

Reports

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“What the Heck, Dude!”: How States Can Fight Rental Housing Junk Fees

November 13, 2025

Too Damn High: How Junk Fees Add to Skyrocketing Rents

March 13, 2023

Press Releases & News

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Report Shows States Stepping up to Fight Rental Housing Junk Fees

November 19, 2025

FTC Rule Stops Short of Protecting Tenants from Junk Fees in Rental Housing

December 17, 2024

Vox: How hidden fees keep renters trapped

October 1, 2024

What the Heck, Dude! New Report Focuses on How States Can Fight Rental Housing Junk Fees

September 5, 2024

KUER/NPR: Utah’s rents are already a challenge. Extra fees can stretch things even further

August 28, 2024

Fighting Junk Fees

March 8, 2024

MarketWatch: Biden lays out plan to lower housing costs ahead of State of the Union, but effort draws criticism

March 7, 2024

52 Advocacy Groups Endorse FTC’s Ban on Junk Fees

February 8, 2024

WBUR: For many renters, apartment application fees add up. Some are illegal

November 27, 2023

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